but for your sake

Concerned about the whereabouts of the Mercy Sword, Dongfang Yuqing didn't delay, sent Jue Wushuang back to the palace that day, went to see Meng Xuanlang, and said Qingshui and Jue Wushuang were old acquaintances, Jue Wushuang They also lived in the palace for a few days, and a few people could hold a small banquet together. On the grounds that Ju Wushuang would welcome the wind, Meng Xuanlang agreed to hold a banquet at Yuexian Palace, which specially hosted a banquet in the palace that night.Of course, because Jue Wushuang is not a diplomatic envoy of the royal family, so the banquet was only attended by Meng Xuanlang, Qing Shui, Dongfang Yuqing and Jue Wushuang.

Meng Xuanlang raised his eyes to look at Dongfang Yuqing and Jue Wushuang who were sitting opposite each other below, and couldn't help but feel complacent about his decision. Look, the scholar Dongfang and Miss Gu Yue went out once, and this time, The Grand Scholar wants me to give Miss Gu a half-banquet to cleanse the dust, and the progress between them is too fast, I am very satisfied.Thinking about it, Meng Xuanlang nodded lightly happily, and raised the wine glass in front of him: "I admire Doctor Gu's benevolence as a doctor. I have been busy with government affairs these days, and I have not cleaned up Doctor Gu. , I punish myself with a cup."

Jue Wushuang also raised his wine glass, saying that he didn't dare, Dongfang Yuqing watched from the side, and then raised his glass: "Your Majesty, the ancient girl Huizhi Lanxin, of course I know that your Majesty should put business affairs first, you say so, Let Miss Gu really feel ashamed."

See, this will help, Meng Xuanlang rolled his eyes inwardly, and drank a few glasses of wine with several people with a smile.

After several glasses of wine, Dongfang Yuqing suddenly said: "Your Majesty, there are wine and food here, how about singing and dancing to add to the fun."

Meng Xuanlang waved his hand: "What the scholar said is true." Then he turned his head and looked at the servant at the side, who bowed and saluted before going to make arrangements.

Dongfang Yuqing said again: "Your Majesty, because today is for Miss Gu Yue, I specially ordered the Yunshao Mansion to perform songs and dances for Miss Gu Yue."

"Oh," Meng Xuanlang raised his eyebrows: "Since the Grand Scholars have made arrangements, let the people from Yunshao Mansion come up, and let me see which dance the Grand Scholars are performing for Doctor Gu. "

Accompanied by a burst of elegant music, the dancers of Yunshao Mansion entered the palace and danced lightly. In the center of the dance group, a graceful woman was dressed in a gorgeous dance dress, half of her mask covered her face, hazy and misty, and then, with the music, she became high-spirited. To the tune, the graceful figure of the dancer gradually became more powerful.This dance is exactly the 'Lanling Entrance Dance'.

As soon as the dance was over, everyone started chatting and drinking again. Meng Xuanlang asked curiously, "Grand scholar, why did you order this song 'Lanling Entrance Dance' for Doctor Gu?"

Dongfang Yuqing smiled: "Today I traveled with Miss Gu to Luoxia Mountain. Miss Gu accidentally mentioned that she most admired General Pan Longpan, one of the top ten generals of my dynasty. I thought that General Pan was a woman back then. I wear a mask to fight on the battlefield, so I specially ordered this dance."

After hearing this, Meng Xuanlang looked at Jue Wushuang with curiosity: "Unexpectedly, Doctor Gu looks weak and handsome, but he admires a woman like General Pan who likes to be armed."

There was a trace of embarrassment on Jue Wushuang's face, and she nodded slightly and replied: "Whether a woman looks weak or strong, in the eyes of a commoner woman, it is worthy of people's admiration to fight and even sacrifice her life for her own ideals."

Qing Shui also nodded: "Yes, I admire a woman as powerful as General Pan, she is really great."

Dongfang Yuqing watched several people discussing Pan Long enthusiastically, and said, "Since Miss Gu Yue and Miss Qingshui admire General Pan very much, Your Majesty, is there a portrait of General Pan in the palace so that they can be together?" See the general's demeanor."

After hearing this, Meng Xuanlang lowered his head and thought for a while: "It stands to reason that the portraits of the top ten generals are all enshrined in the Generals' Temple, but because General Pan brought ghost faces to the battlefield without revealing his true face, so Jingzong at that time The emperor never ordered her portrait to be painted."

After listening to Qing Shui, she looked disappointed: "Why is this so, then I not only don't know what General Pan looks like, but I can't even see her heroic appearance with a mask on."

Meng Xuanlang scratched his head: "That's not true. I heard that although Emperor Jingzong said so clearly, he drew a portrait of General Pan himself, and it seemed that he was buried with him in the end. Fear of death'. You also know that when General Pan died, there were no bones left, otherwise, Emperor Jingzong might have buried General Pan's bones in the imperial mausoleum."

After hearing this, Dongfang Yuqing picked up the wine glass and took a sip, a flash of light flashed in her eyes.Jue Wushuang looked at Dongfang Yuqing's movements and raised his eyebrows. It seems that this kind of thing is a secret of the royal family, but outsiders have never heard of it.

In the Immortal Pavilion, Mr. Yixiu wore a chrysanthemum mask on his face, and looked at his kneeling subordinates beside him: "How about it, I asked you to steal Emperor Jingzong's tomb, did you get anything?"

The subordinate respectfully presented a picture scroll: "Return to Pavilion Master, there is no whereabouts of the sword of compassion in the emperor's mausoleum, and this scroll of General Pan Long's portrait was found in Emperor Jingzong's coffin."

Yixiu raised his eyebrows, reached out to take the scroll and unfolded it: "It seems that our Emperor Jingzong is not innocent about General Pan, but it's not the end in the end." On the scroll, there is a bright and flamboyant woman dressed in bright red The floor-length dress, holding an ancient bronze sword, looks domineering and dazzling.

"It's really a bright and beautiful woman, and she looks domineering. She is a heroine who can go to the battlefield, but it's hard to say whether this heroine is really a heroine," Yixuan said to himself As he said, he put his eyes on the ancient sword: "This is the Mercy Sword. It seems that this Mercy Sword was actually given to Pan Long by Jingzong, and even the king's sword can be rewarded. Heart'."

Lord Yixuan turned his head and continued to ask the subordinate kneeling beside him: "Have you visited the place where the Meiling battle took place, and found anything?"

"Returning to Pavilion Master, it's been a long time since the First Battle of Meiling, and there are no traces of it. However, my subordinates went down to investigate from the place where Pan Long's arrow fell off the cliff, and there is a torrent under the cliff. In the torrent, there is absolutely no possibility of surviving. The subordinates went down the torrent, and the torrent in the downstream valley became calm, but because it was surrounded by mountains, the forest was lush, and there were no people inhabited, but they did not find The whereabouts of the Mercy Sword."

"Of course there will be no whereabouts," Yixiu rolled up the portrait, "I'm afraid Pan Long has already taken the life-saving sword away."

"The pavilion master means."

"I really didn't expect that the Seven Kills faction had inquired about the whereabouts of the Mercy Sword decades ago, and quietly took it away in such a way that it would not cause any trouble to the Six Great factions. With such a mind to plot against the Emperor's heart, Wang The only one who is given a sword and wears a mask and doesn't want to show his true face is the one who doesn't want to show his true face." Yixiu Jun chuckled a few times: "It's really interesting. My skills are low, but I dare to go to battle and kill the enemy. The repeated planning made me unable to find out the whereabouts of the Mercy Sword for many years. Even Qing Xu and his Six Realms Complete Book knew little about it, making everyone think that the Mercy Sword was still in the Kingdom of Shu, but I had already got it. Interesting, It was fun."

Immediately, Yixuan thought of the beautiful face on the portrait, and murmured to himself: "It's just that she didn't expect that Jingzong would be so moved by her that he even painted a portrait to be buried with her. If anyone in the world can peek at her true face, he can only see her face." This painting is left."

Yi Xiujun immediately gave instructions: "Although it is said that Jue Wushuang is not in Qisha now, but judging from the portrait, that Gu Yue is not Jue Wushuang himself, but she mentioned Pan Long for no reason, it must be related to Qisha. Order people to pay close attention to Gu Yue's every move, and send people to follow her even if she leaves Shudu, I want to know her every move."

"Yes."

Since that banquet, Jue Wushuang's life has remained the same. Apart from seeing a doctor on the street every day, he just observes Qingshui's movements in the palace. If something happened, she wouldn't be the ultimate protector of Seven Kills.As for Dongfang Yuqing's several invitations and temptations, she also declined with an attitude of 'I know you don't like me, and I can only be friends with you'.

After another half a month, Jue Wushuang decided to leave Shudu.When he was leaving, Meng Xuanlang tried to persuade him to stay. How could Dr. Gu leave? It was rare for him to see that guy Dongfang Yuqing courteous to a woman. What about turning to the ossicles.

Jue Wushuang ignored Meng Xuanlang's anxious expression, turned his head to look at Qing Shui with a look of reluctance, and quietly pulled her aside: "Qing Shui, I know that your heart is for His Majesty, but I have been watching with cold eyes these days, Your Majesty already has someone he likes in his heart, so why do you do this?"

Qing Shui pursed her lips: "Sister Gu, you don't know, I used to live a good life and didn't worry about anything, but I didn't know what I could do in the future, but as soon as I met Big Brother Meng in Changliu From the moment I knew what I was going to do in the future, I wanted to be by Brother Meng's side, and when he saw me and fell in love with me, Brother Meng would be my future."

Jue Wushuang shook his head and touched Qingshui's face: "What a silly girl, my sister has been away all year round, she has seen many things and met many people, you can't wait for this kind of method, even ordinary people can't wait , not to mention that your big brother Meng is the emperor."

Qingshui grabbed Jue Wushuang's sleeve expectantly: "Sister, tell me what I should do. It is absolutely impossible for me to give up Brother Meng."

Jue Wushuang sighed: "It's not enough to start with men, you have to start with women. You have to take good care of your brother Meng, and try to avoid the person he likes from appearing in front of him. How about once a day When the person he likes comes, everything about you will be in vain."

Qing Shui nodded after hearing this: "Well, Sister Gu, I listen to you, I will definitely treat Brother Meng very well, so that he can never think of Qiangu again, as long as Qiangu stays for a long time, don't show up , Brother Meng will definitely like me."

Jue Wushuang's eyes flashed, and he smiled gratifiedly: "Sister Gu, I wish Qing Shui all wishes come true."

"Well, thank you, Sister Gu." Qing Shui smiled happily.

When Jue Wushuang left, Dongfang Yuqing didn't show any reluctance on his face, but instead showed the hope that "no matter how big the world is, we will meet again".This Immortal King, he believed that he would know his whereabouts like the palm of his hand, and would meet whenever he wanted to.

After seeing each other off again and again, Jue Wushuang still left the capital of Shu and embarked on a journey.

Half a day later, Jue Wushuang was taking a rest by a small stream. At this time, she had already taken off the peach red dress when she left, put on her usual black dress, and put on a bronze mask: "The one behind you The tail is all gone."

Banruohua half-kneeled aside: "Yes, master, all the people sent by the Immortal Pavilion have been dealt with, and the corpses were directly melted without leaving a trace."

"Leaving no trace," Jue Wushuang smiled: "Leaving no trace is the biggest trace, but I just want him to notice this."

After Banruohua heard this, she said puzzledly: "Master, the subordinates don't understand that even the Holy King doesn't know about the fact that the Mercy Sword is in the master's hands, so why should the master disclose the news to the Immortal King?"

Jue Wushuang looked down at Xiao Baiyu who was playing with his fingers: "Since the meeting with you before I came to Shudu, I have had some guesses about the idea that Dongfang Yuqing is the Immortal Lord. This time, the guess finally came true." It has been confirmed. With the traces of the Mercy Sword exposed, we now have the Bugui Inkstone, Xuanzhen Ruler, Banished Immortal Umbrella, Mercy Sword, and Liuguangqin in our hands. It is not a good thing for the big factions to attack together, so we need to find someone who no one can think of, a person from the six big factions, to help us find the remaining artifacts, and the Immortal King will help us."

"By the way," Jue Wushuang turned to look at Banruohua, "From the news you brought back, the poison of Bu Yuanding in Changliu Baizihua's body is already deep, and he is about to die."

"Yes," Banruohua replied, "Bai Zihua asked the World-Honored Mayan to act as the head teacher a few days ago."

"That's good." Jue Wushuang lowered his head and patted Bai Yu's small head.Hua Qiangu, it's not enough to be nice to men blindly, you also need to get rid of other women in a man's heart, you say, right?

In the Immortal Pavilion, the Immortal Lord was furious: "It's really trash, I made you lose with a woman."

The kneeling subordinate trembled: "Pavilion master, as soon as Gu Yue left the Shu capital, the subordinates sent people to follow up, but the people sent now can't be contacted, and the people who are looking for will bring back news, let's go first The people who were sent there seemed to have evaporated from the world, not even a corpse was left behind, there were no traces."

"There are no traces at all," Yixiu muttered to himself, "It's certain that Gu Yue knows no martial arts, but he can't do this with only poison. , why did she reveal to me the whereabouts of the Mercy Sword for no reason, or why did Jue Wushuang tell me through her that she should already know my identity." Well, let me see, this smart and witty What will the Judgment Law do next.

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Emperor Jingzong, Meng Yuan, was lying on the dragon bed. He knew that his time was approaching. At this time, the whole world of Shu Kingdom was stable, and there would be no more wars in a short period of time. The successor he had chosen would definitely bring better development to the Kingdom of Shu. .Long'er, I can finally settle down and go to accompany you.

Meng Yuan turned his head and looked at the portrait hanging beside the bed. The woman in the painting had bright eyes and white teeth, and was domineering in red. That was his Longer. He kept it in his heart for the rest of his life, but he didn't even have the chance to build a tomb for her. No beloved woman.

Long'er, Meng Yuan raised his hand tremblingly, wanting to touch the woman's face in the painting. I'm about to die. Back then you said, 'We must make the country of Shu prosper and the people live and work in peace and contentment', I did it. In this way, I Go down to find you, will you not turn around without hesitation again, I have already achieved your ideal, so, Long'er, down below, you can put on a red dress for me, pull up your long hair, and marry me as my wife.

Meng Yuan still remembers everything about that woman. At that time, she was not Pan Long, a female general of the generation, but Pan Linglong, a pampered young lady.She is the adopted daughter of General Pan Ping, and also Pan Ping's only heir. It is said that she is the only blood of Pan Ping's savior.Because she fought with Pan Ping everywhere since she was a child, she is not gentle and graceful like ordinary women, but radiant and heroic. She is not skilled in martial arts but is proficient in the art of war. She often advises Pan Ping and is very prestigious in the Pan family army.

The first time he and she met was at Pan Ping's funeral. Pan Ping had fought in the battlefield all his life and made great achievements in battle. As the new emperor himself, he would also go to worship.At that time, the mourning hall was all white, solemn and solemn, and the sound of crying souls could be heard from time to time, and she knelt in front of the mourning hall, as the head of the Pan family, paying back respects to the visitors one by one. Red and swollen, she kept repeating the action of returning the salute, without shedding a tear from the beginning to the end.At that time, he thought that this bright and beautiful woman must have been frightened out of her wits. Although she went to the battlefield with her father since she was a child, she was still a woman after all. Now the only pillar of support has collapsed. .Therefore, he decided that once General Pan Ping's filial piety was over, he would take her into the palace and take her as his concubine and take care of her, so as to comfort General Pan Ping's spirit in heaven.So, from the very beginning, he wanted her, no matter what his thoughts were at the time.Perhaps, from the very beginning, before he even realized it, he had already been moved and fell in love.

The general who guarded the border died in battle, but the war was still going on. Once Pan Ping died, those foreign enemies who would have been afraid of his reputation took the opportunity to attack Shu, and it was urgent to meet them.

In the main hall, the ministers discussed a lot, discussing the new general candidate, and there was a stalemate for a while, which caused him a lot of headaches.However, that woman, dressed in plain clothes and wearing white flowers on her head, led several personal guards straight into the hall, causing all the officials to look at her.

He still remembered that when the forbidden army pointed their swords at her and the guards, she didn't see a trace of panic, she bent down to salute, and said to him: "My daughter, Pan Linglong, please fight for my father."

He was shocked at that time, he never thought that a woman could go straight to the palace and invite herself to fight the enemy.But the shock was the shock, and going to war was no joke. He spared her the guilt of breaking into the palace and let her go back.

But she was unwilling, so she knelt in the hall and said again: "My daughter Pan Linglong, please fight for my father." Behind her, several personal guards also dropped their swords and knelt down.

A minister immediately jumped out, pointing out that as a child, her father had just died, so she should go home and observe filial piety is the truth.She retorted: "My father's greatest wish in his life as a soldier is to make the country of Shu stable, and no foreigner dares to commit crimes. As children, he should fulfill his last wish. This is true filial piety." The minister was so angry that he shouted. 'Not filial piety is not filial piety'.

She calmly turned her head to look at herself, with a determined face on her beautiful face: "My daughter has been on the battlefield with her father since she was a child, and she has seen countless battlefields. This time when foreign countries attack, my daughter is sure to win a lot." Total victory."

Her speech aroused the ridicule of all the ministers, and even he couldn't help but sweat for her. He knew that she had followed Pan Ping on the battlefield since she was a child, and knew that she was already a famous military adviser of the Pan family army, but he knew that she was loved by Pan Ping. She will stay behind and has never seen killings on the battlefield. She just follows the layout of the situation but never kills herself. How can she be able to go to the battlefield, how can she win the victory, not to mention that she is a woman.

I saw her kneeling firmly on the hall without getting up, calmly dealing with one of the parties from all sides, verbally fighting with the ministers, from the debate on whether the family favors or the country favors to the consequences of changing the general to lead the Pan family army now, she calmly analyzed the enemy's country The battle situation and the layout of the various armies were clearly organized and logical, and the ministers who were talking about it were speechless for a while.Finally, a minister jumped out and said loudly: "But you are a woman."

After hearing this, her eyes became sharp: "How about a woman, if I can lead the Pan family army and win this battle, so what if I am a woman." She turned her head to look at herself, and said word by word: "Mr. The girl wishes to tie her hair here so that she will never get married or leave any descendants."

He was stunned, she was such a beautiful and intelligent woman, why did she have to embarrass herself in such a way, a woman, if she didn't get married or leave an offspring, then she would have no future to speak of.

Then she said: "My daughter hereby issues a military order. If this battle is defeated, my Pan clan will follow His Majesty's disposal."

He looked at her in a daze, the Pan family, how could the Pan family agree with your actions, and then he saw several soldiers behind her, all of them looked affirmative. , her appearance, in just a few days, she can preside over the funeral of her deceased father as the patriarch of the Pan family, and now she can use the life of the Pan family to issue this military order. With such a heart, she must be the new head of the Pan family army The best candidate, unfortunately, she is a woman.

He sighed, and was about to refuse, but as if she had seen through his thoughts, she took out a roll of paper from her bosom and unfolded it on the hall: "This is the union of the elders of the Pan family and the generals above the middle level of the Pan family army." Sign the letter and ask His Majesty to allow your daughter to go to war on behalf of her father."

He looked at the dense list spread all over the floor, looked at the silent ministers around him, looked at her decisive face, and understood that she was the best candidate, so he reluctantly decreed: "I have authorized Pan Linglong to lead the Pan family army. Go out on behalf of your father."

"My daughter, thank you Lord Long En." She leaned over to thank her, with a confident smile on her face.

That was him, once again, only seeing her in the crowd, so confident, he thought, she is such a woman, like an eagle in the sky, conquering the sky.

In that battle, she came back victorious in only half a month. When she came back, he personally went to pick her up at the entrance of the palace. She was dressed in armor, wearing a ghost mask, riding a steed, with her backlit.At that moment, he couldn't help recalling the good news that had been sent in the past half month. She made it, but besides the joy of victory, he was more sad. He understood what she had paid for this victory. something precious and cherished.

At the celebration banquet, she was dressed in military uniform, flattering the ministers who came to congratulate her.He sat on the dragon chair, watching the intrigue among those people, and seeing her handle it with ease, he thought, what is her heart like at this moment.

At the celebration banquet, no one questioned her anymore. He recalled the memorials he had received recently, and no one objected to her formally commanding the Pan family army. Perhaps in the eyes of those sophisticated guys, a general who has no descendants and can only fight, even if it is Women are much better than letting the opponent's people control the army.After all, she became a victim of those rights.

After the celebration banquet, he left her to ask questions alone. He remembered that the two of them were standing in the pavilion, and the evening breeze blew up her hair. He looked at her suffocatingly beautiful face under the moonlight, and asked him, what are you doing? Do you regret it? If one general is gone, there can be another general, but if your future is gone, who can be responsible.

She replied with a smile: "The future of the minister is naturally the responsibility of the minister himself. From then on, the shroud of horse leather is the future of the minister."

He stared fixedly at her smiling face, and he really wanted to ask if she was crying under her smiling face.

She formally commanded the Pan family army and became General Pan. She changed her name to Pan Long and said: "The long-cherished wish of my minister and my father is to hope that the country of Shu will prosper and that the people will live and work in peace and contentment."

In the next few days, she led troops to guard the border, wearing armor and wearing a ghostly face, fighting on the battlefield to prevent foreigners from invading and to keep the border safe.As for him, he often looked in the direction of the border gate, worrying about her every now and then.

Five years later, when she returned to Beijing again, he handed Wang Jian to her with his own hands. He hoped that Wang Jian could protect her instead of him. At that time, he understood that he had her in his heart. As an emperor, he had her in his heart. a woman.

She was very happy to get Wang Jian, and even wore a long red dress to try the sword.That was the first time he saw her dressed in women's clothing, so glamorous and inconspicuous, and it was also the only time he saw her dressed in women's clothing. From then on, she always looked like a pair of armor, a mask, and an ancient sword in front of him.His she never belonged to him, she was just his courtier.

In the 15 years since, he has only seen her three times, once every five years, to report on the situation at the border.The distance between him and her is always one step between the monarch and his subjects.

The last time we met, he was still fascinated by her bright face, but she turned around and got on the horse, never coming back.In the battle of Meiling, she was shot by arrows, fell off the cliff and died, leaving no bones left. He locked himself in the imperial study for three whole days. She was placed in the General's Temple to take care of the Pan family for her. He secretly drew her picture of her in a red dress holding a sword. He always felt heartbroken, his body was gradually declining, and he put all his energy on state affairs, because he remembered her wish: "I hope that the country of Shu will prosper and the people will live and work in peace and contentment."

"Now, I have done it," Meng Yuan said to the portrait, "So, marry me, okay?"

Emperor Jingzong died, and the whole country mourned.

People say that time has no trace, but in my years, your figure is everywhere, it is like a knife, carved into my life, the most is the trace of time.