Chapter 167 Chapter Eleven

That night, Zhuge Yue slept very late. When it was about to dawn, he leaned tiredly on the soft couch, and walked away in a daze, vaguely, as if he had returned to a nightmare, and saw something he had forgotten. In the dark, he seemed to see countless lights and shadows flowing around him, and the cold water pierced his bones, as if his whole body was frozen. A dead green hand grabbed him and desperately led him to swim forward. Scarlet blood gushed out and fainted in the icy water. Yue Jiu's eyes were red, and he was pulling him to paddle vigorously. The sun shone in through the ice, it was a dim and faint light. He vaguely heard the sound from above, so loud, it vibrated his eardrum through the water , overwhelmingly clear:

Long live Long live Long live…… He knew that they thought he was dead, it was Yanbei soldiers bowing down to Yan Xun. The voice was getting louder and louder like the tide, and he couldn't hear anything except that voice. He lost to others in a crushing defeat. He had never lost so miserably since he was a child. Now, he is afraid that he will die. Here it is. The sound gradually faded away, his body had already lost its temperature, the blood seemed to be drained, and there was no strength in his limbs. Suddenly, there was a loud bang, which reached my ears fiercely.He looked up, but it was Yue Jiu who was trying to bump up, using his head, hitting the ice layer above.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!" The sound was like thunder, knocking on his heart one after another, blood flowed down the young guard's cheeks, but soon melted into the water. Yue Jiu's face was whiter than snow, her lips were colorless, like a ghost that just crawled out of the grave.He paddled vigorously, his hands and feet were stiff, but he kept repeating that movement, so powerfully, once, again, again... bang... bang... bang... At that moment, it seemed as if a gap was opened in the layers of dark clouds, and a ray of bright sunlight pierced into his heart, and he suddenly woke up, that was his subordinate, who had entered his house since he was four years old, and had been , It was all right for them to die for him, and he never felt that there was anything wrong with it.But at that moment, he remembered a sentence that girl said to him a long time ago, the girl looked at him coldly with a beautiful face, and said in a deep voice: "No one is born a slave. "

No one is born a slave... With a "bang", a handful of fresh blood suddenly splashed, and even in the water, he could still feel the hot smell of blood. His body was full of strength suddenly, he swam up immediately, pushed away the bloody Yue Jiu, held Chu Qiao's dagger in his hand, and planed vigorously one by one. "I can't die!" He whispered to himself. "I can't die, I still have a lot of wishes unfulfilled." His lungs seemed to be exploding, his body was frozen stiff, and his wounds were churning with flesh and blood, but he was still mechanically struggling to survive.

I can't die!I can't die!I can't die!boom! The entire ice layer shattered, and the huge buoyancy immediately dragged him up. The sun was dazzling, and the fresh air rushed towards him. He breathed heavily, wishing to take out his lungs. "Ninth month!" He shouted loudly: "We are saved!" He looked left and right, but without seeing Yue Jiu, he dived into the water again, getting deeper and deeper, and finally found Yue Jiu's body at the bottom of the lake. The young swordsman was wounded all over his body, his face was livid, his eyes were wide open, his hair was disheveled, and his face was covered with blood.He dragged Yue Jiu up with great effort, then pressed hard on the guard's chest, rubbed his face and hands for him, and shouted loudly: "Wake up! I order you! Wake up!"

Zhuge Yue had never cried so recklessly in his life, but that day, he cried for a domestic slave. In the vast wilderness, he cried like a wolf. Three days later, he finally met Yue Qi who survived the catastrophe. The loyal guards and the remnant moon guards lurking in Yanbei have been looking for him near Chishui for three days. There are already more than 20 guards who have been frozen to death because they went to the lake to search. Then, they sent him to Crouching Dragon Mountain when he was dying. Half a year later, he finally recovered, but a fragmented future awaited him. That morning, he sat for a long time facing the information that Yue Qi and others handed back. From the first rising of the sun to the setting of the sun, the teacher walked in, looked at the map of Simon hanging in front of him, and asked faintly: " Where are you going?"

It hadn't been like this for many years. He raised his head and said blankly, "Teacher, I have nowhere to go." The gray-bearded old man smiled kindly, then stretched out his slender hand and smashed the Simon Continent on the map, and said quietly: "Since there is no road, let's open a road yourself." He looked suspiciously, Da Xia, Yan Bei, Bian Tang, and Huai Song were all shattered under the palm of the teacher, and the map became a big empty hole, leaving only the dog Rong outside the Great Wall and the southeast. The sea area, and the vastness of the west.

"Child, there are people beyond people, and beyond the sky, how do you know that this map can only be drawn so big?" Early the next morning, he received another news that Meng Feng was finally tried by the Dali Court last month, and now that he has been convicted of the crime, he has been exiled in Qinghai, and he is probably in Cuiwei Pass now. The light and shadow of the years turned into extravagance on the road ahead. In those dark and cold days, the scimitar in his hand kept swinging out, emitting a powerful and sharp arc, toward the throat of fate, fighting tenaciously again and again, warm Hot blood covered his eyes, but he saw the true meaning of life from the thick blood.

... Early the next morning, a Zhenhuang posthorse suddenly rushed into Zhuge Yue's other courtyard. The interrogator's face was covered with travel dust, his lips were chapped, his cloak trembled, and it was full of yellow sand . Everyone's faces were ugly, Chu Qiao suddenly understood something, she stood up quietly, and left the dining room. After half an hour, Zhuge Yue was about to leave. Chu Qiao sent him all the way to the post road outside the north city gate. It was a little cold, Chu Qiao wore a blue cloak, and a circle of white fur surrounded her smooth and fair face. She looked clean and elegant, very beautiful .

When they arrived at Shili Pavilion, Yue Qi and the others retreated wisely, leaving only the two of them.Zhuge Yue dismounted without saying a word, and Chu Qiao followed behind. The outside of the long pavilion was covered with pole grass, the pillars were all stained, and the plaque was crooked, looking desolate and desolate. "I gotta go." Zhuge Yue turned around, looked at her quietly, and said in a very calm tone. "Oh." Chu Qiao nodded, "Be careful on the road." Zhuge Yue frowned slightly, they always seemed to be like this, after the initial excitement of reunion subsided, they became more and more distant and indifferent, as if no one knew how to get along with each other, they could only talk Very useless scene words.

"Where are you going after I'm gone?" "Me? Maybe, let's go to Bian Tang first." "and then?" "Then?" Chu Qiao frowned slightly, and after thinking for a long time, she suddenly smiled and said, "I don't know, maybe I will walk around to see where the food is delicious and where the scenery is beautiful, so I will stop and live for a while. Who knows." A gust of wind blew, and there was a crisp tinkling of the bells. Chu Qiao and Zhuge Yue looked up at the same time, and saw that there was actually a string of wind chimes hanging on such a dilapidated pavilion. The sound was still crisp and sweet, and wherever the wind passed, there was a string of bells. "Are you going to Yanbei?" Chu Qiao smiled quietly: "I have lived in that place for many years, and I have seen almost all the scenery that I should see. Besides, I am not in good health now, and I may not be able to stand the cold in the north. I dare not go." Zhuge Yue nodded, as if he understood something, his movements were a little stiff, and he could no longer utter some words that had been entrenched in his heart for a long time. These flowers-like days on the sea are, after all, a dreamlike mirage, which will be shattered after time passes.Everything is out of date, even standing here at this moment is a forced helplessness.Everything is predestined, just like fine sand in hands, the harder you try to hold it tightly, the faster you lose it. He was about to walk out, his expression was still the usual aloof and cold, and he was no longer willing to say a word. "Zhuge Yue!" The woman's hurried voice suddenly sounded from behind her. Her hands were so small and cold, and she grabbed the corner of his clothes with all her strength, which was very familiar with her stubbornness. "Thank you," She said in a low voice, with a choke in her voice, but it was still coherent. "I thought I would never have the chance to tell you again in this life, God bless you, you are finally safe and sound." Chu Qiao smiled slightly at the corner of her mouth: "Zhuge Yue, I have had so many obstacles and bumps in my life. I have done many things and walked many roads. Some of them were right and some were wrong, but I never regretted it. I can see it clearly. My heart does not owe anyone. But only you, I owe you too much, and I cannot repay it. Now that you have returned safely, I should have followed you and spent my life repaying your kindness, but now I, I am no longer the original me. I have gone through all kinds of things, and I no longer have the courage to set foot in it. In the battle of Yanbei, General Xiuli died, and the one who survived was just an ordinary woman who lost her dream. I don’t have the ability to stand by your side gone." The wind chimes are still jingling in the ears, time freezes at this moment, and the reincarnation of fate is like a mocking face, sneering at the powerlessness of the next generation. Chu Qiao suddenly opened her arms and approached from behind, her fingers passed through the man's arms, the snow-white skin slid over the soft satin on his body, and the gold thread embroidery caressed her white wrist, the wind was very quiet, her hand touched Close them together, tighten them in front of him, then step forward in small steps, and slowly press his cheek against his back. A drop of tear meandered down from the corner of his eye, and fell on his navy blue shirt, making a wet pattern. "Zhuge Yue, I'm sorry." The voice was so low, like a child crying softly in the north wind. Suddenly there was a burst of clear snow in the sky, and it had already melted before it hit the ground, but when it landed on their shoulders, it quietly piled up. Skin to skin, breath can be heard, this is the first time she took the initiative to hug him, the years flowed between them like running water, so many pictures came quietly, and then quietly disappeared, fate was at the very beginning I made a joke with them, and after many twists and turns, I have come to this distance today. The dust of the years has covered their faces, and the bloody wind has left, but the shackles of fate are still chained to them. Pale birds flew across the sky, their wings swept across the end of the sky, lined up in long rows, and flew all the way to the south, gradually farther away, and there was no trace of flying. The hug finally let go, Chu Qiao pulled back her hand little by little, his clothes were so cold that her fingers were soaked through, his back was still straight, as if nothing in this world could defeat him, he was still like this He was handsome and tall, with a cold aura from his back, which almost froze the air around him. The arms between her arms were suddenly empty, Chu Qiao pursed her lips and smiled faintly. "Take care of yourself." With a whistling sound, a gust of wind suddenly blew up in the distance, and the wind chimes swayed wildly, jingling lively. Zhuge Yue stepped out of the Ten Mile Pavilion, his precious boots stepped on the withered yellow pole grass, the grass clippings were broken, lying on the ground limply, the roots were broken when the wind blows. He jumped on the back of the horse, and the moon guards raised their whips, and there was a sound of yelling at the horses. The horseshoes flew up, smashing the tranquility of the post road, and the long cloaks fluttered, like battle flags, facing the turmoil and challenges. the north, whistling away. He never looked back, he was still so handsome and proud, his back was tall and straight, sitting on the horseback, his green fur was beautiful, his black hair was like ink, he shuttled into the cold wind, gradually drifting away, galloping all the way, After all, it was hidden in the billowing yellow sand, and its shadow could no longer be seen. The early morning mist has not dissipated, and the end of the road is a vast expanse of white mist. The dry grass on both sides is swept up by the wind, swirling on the ground, and it is not known where it will be blown. Chu Qiao suddenly remembered that a long time ago, on the Yanbei Plateau, she and the Xiuli Army were framed by Cheng Yuan and fell into Daxia's encirclement. That night, she also watched his back quietly like this, watching him disappear bit by bit on the vast snowfield. That time, he didn't look back, but he walked very slowly, leading the horse, wearing The thick fur, the heavy snow in the sky, fell on my eyelashes, the weather was so cold, it was so cold that I wanted to cry. In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed. The morning fog pierced by the sun gradually rises, and there are country peddlers and market passers-by constantly passing by, shouting long tunes and selling all kinds of cute little things. Gradually, the sun rose to the middle, and groups of people and horses passed by, some were driven by official ladies who went out to pray to gods and worship Buddha, there were walking bodyguards walking around the rivers and lakes, and white-clothed knights who were often seen in martial arts novels. In the pavilion, she even came up to say hello to a romantic affair in the rivers and lakes. But she couldn't see everything, she just stood there quietly, the surroundings became more and more noisy, and more and more lonely.The sun rises and the sun sets, and the cold moon is like a silver hook, like a mother's merciful face. The world is desolate and empty, she is the only one left, her hands and feet are already numb, the sky is getting darker and darker, and she can't see anything, only Wang Qinghui is caressing on the pole grass, she is pale, what is the return journey and the way forward , all disappeared. She took a deep breath, lowered her head, and shook her stiff neck. All the hard work in her heart turned into a sigh, but she didn't let it out. She just swallowed it heavily in her heart. The breeze blows across the wilderness, the grass waves rustle, her heart is so empty, many past events pass through her mind like smoke, everything is far away from her, there is only a piece of white land left, ten years of life and death, everything It's all misty and desolate, like the wind blowing through your fingertips, if you can't grasp it, it's all futile. In the dark, she suddenly recalled the words many years ago. "Minute, you have so many men, which one do you fancy?" Min Rui was doing her nails, and raised her brow slightly when she heard this: "Me? I don't know, and besides, which one of them is worthy of me?" "Xiaoshi, what about you? Have you been messing around with that postdoctoral fellow of yours for the rest of your life?" Xiaoshi brought the dinner she made by herself, smiled gently, and said very sweetly: "Yes." "Be careful, you pay for him to go to school, be careful that he kicks you in the future!" "No way," Xiaoshi looked at the cat hesitantly: "What about you? If the person you like in the future kicks you, what will you do?" "Does he dare?" Mao'er stood on the sofa, angrily scolding Fang Qiu, and said, "If he dares, I will castrate him, and then violent that vixen." Minute and disdainful cold snort: "It's up to you? Who can you offend?" "Look down on me? I'll sell you to a brothel tonight." "Okay," Min Min stretched lazily, "I'm going to Amsterdam to take an examination for a professional certificate. You have to convince my old man first." "Where's Chu Qiao?" Xiaoshi leaned over with a fork on a piece of freshly baked bun, pushed her on the shoulder, and asked with a smile: "If Chu Qiao likes someone, what will happen?" She was sorting out the action materials for the next mission at the time, she was slightly taken aback when she heard this, and then smiled and said, "I don't know." "Why don't you know?" The cat snatched the cake from Xiaoshi's fork in one gulp, and muttered, "Don't be perfunctory, playing bureaucratic with us? Humph!" "Me?" Chu Qiao thought for a while, and then smiled gently: "Maybe, I will treat him well." "How good is it?" It was pitch black outside, the young Chu Qiao turned her head to look at the pitch-black night, tilted her head and thought for a while, then said softly after a long time: "very good." very good…… He turned around and took the rein of the horse. Ma'er meekly poked his head over, brushed Chu Qiao's cheek lightly, and looked at her very distressed and worried. "hehe." Chu Qiao felt a little itchy, this is Meteor, who has been raised by Zhuge Yue for many years, and now that it is returned to her, it is still as close. She reached out to push it, her voice was still a little hoarse, she said softly: "Meteor, don't make trouble." However, when he probed his hand, the back of his hand accidentally wiped his face, and it turned out that he was injured by the wind, and his face was covered with tears. She was a little taken aback suddenly, and she turned her head to look at Meteor.The horse turned vigorously to the north and snorted at her, as if it wanted to lead her to chase someone. "Good shooting star." She gently stroked its head, and put her face against its neck. The horse was already a little old, just like her heart, which was riddled with holes and scars. "Let's go." She straightened up, pulled the horse, and walked silently towards the south. The moon shone on her, casting a long shadow on the pale ground. The jackdaw that was staying overnight was startled, and flew over the post road in a fluttering manner. The girl's figure gradually drifted away, and finally condensed into a pale shadow.