Chapter 1 1. Illusion as real
The world in front of me was bright and in a trance.
A small building in spring, with half-opened windows.Branches of bright crimson cherry blossoms outside the window are plump and plump. It seems that as long as there is a slight gust of wind, all of them will fall from the branches and turn into a pink glow.
Huang Zixia pushed open the window and looked at the envoy's mansion ahead.The morning air was so fresh that it was almost icy, rushing towards her, but her mind was blank, she didn't know what she saw.
In front is the Shijun Mansion, her parents and elder brother live in the front yard, and she moved to the small pavilion in the garden a few days ago because she likes the cherry blossoms in full bloom in the garden.
There is a garden separated from the front yard, she can see layers of roofs, cornices and brackets, people rushing to and fro in the courtyard, and various sounds can be heard vaguely.
She was slightly surprised, not knowing why so many people suddenly came to the house today.Putting on her clothes hastily, she picked up a silver hairpin from the dressing table to tie up her hair, then picked up the bracelet on the dressing table, and put it on her wrist.
This is the bracelet Yu Xuan gave her last year.After he won the Juren, he got the first month's silver money issued to him by the government, and went to pick a piece of white jade, which was carved by a craftsman.Yuxuan didn't have much money, so the quality of that piece of jade was not particularly good. He studied with her for a long time, and finally decided to carve it into two small fish connected end to end.Because the jade is impure, the inner side of the bracelet is also hollowed out, which is extremely transparent, just enough to remove impurities and show smooth lines.
Xiaoyu's eyeballs are inlaid with two white rice beads, unique and light.The beige beads on the waxy white jade bracelet are not conspicuous at first glance, but upon closer inspection, they have two different textures and luster. At that time, many of her close friends were very envious. Unfortunately, there is no second piece of jade in the world that can be imitated. Out.
She put the bracelet on her wrist, and before she put her hand down, she turned her head and looked around, only to find that the black fog had gradually invaded.Everything around her became blurred, she didn't know where she was at a loss, she only felt that she was gradually shrouded in the thick black fog, and it seemed that she could no longer get out.
She looked around in a hurry, walking straight forward, but she didn't know where she came from, and she didn't know where she was going.
She heard someone calling her: "Huang Zixia... Huang Zixia..."
She turned her head, but she couldn't see anyone. In the darkness, she was the only one chasing her.
Looking back at the darkness around her, she asked blankly, "Who...who is calling me?"
"You're all alone..."
A cold breath slowly permeated from the top of her head, her whole body was stiff, and she could only repeat the voice mechanically: "I am...alone?"
"Your father, mother, brother, grandmother, uncle are all dead..."
She stood there blankly, feeling a buzzing sound in her head, and there was nothing left in her drowsy mind.
Until the roar in her head passed, her feet could no longer support her body, and she could only let herself sit on the ground.There is darkness in front of him, and there are countless scarlet colors flowing on the darkness, as if the blood in the body is slowly stirred, and all the internal organs are smashed.
In this excruciating pain, she stroked her chest, arched her waist and panted desperately.However, at this moment, she suddenly thought, it must be a dream, it must be a dream, it must just be a nightmare again!
Because, she has experienced this extremely painful feeling countless times.
After her parents died, she repeated this dream again and again, dreaming that she was back to that day again, dreaming that all the good spring days collapsed and crumbled, and her life was never restored.
Realizing that he was in a dream, the darkness in front of him suddenly dissipated in an instant.
It turned out that she was already in the front yard, and there was a lot of noise around her. Standing among the noisy crowd, she saw the dead bodies of her parents at a glance.
They were covered with white cloth, lying quietly on the bed, parked in the courtyard, on the green brick floor.
Since she was twelve years old, she has seen countless corpses. Standing in front of the corpses of her relatives, she feels that it is no different from before, and also feels that the whole world is collapsed anyway, so she doesn't care whether it is the same or not.
She heard the voice of Jiang Songlin, the oldest samurai in Chengdu, as illusory as if it came from thousands of feet away, and as real as if it was right next to her ear——
"Experiment: The envoy Huang Shijunmin, Mrs. Huang's Yang family, the eldest son Huang Yan, the envoy's mother Mrs. Huang Lao, and the envoy's cousin Huang Jun were all killed by poison. The five dead, Huang Yan and Huang Jun's throat There were traces of vomiting, and five people had rice soup-like diarrhea in their lower abdomens, and Yang’s had bloody stools. All five deceased had abdominal pain and convulsions before their deaths, and experience checks showed that they were poisoned by arsenic.”
The nightmare in front of her was shattered in an instant, turning into thousands of sharp fragments, piercing into her eyes and heart, and the severe pain flooded her with darkness. Huang Zixia suddenly sat up from the bed, gasped in horror, and looked around with wide eyes. In the frozen dark blue sky and the darkness of approaching dawn, she sat up alone in shock, with warm tears all over her face. I don't know where I am, and I don't know where I'm going. After a long time, the darkness in her mind gradually receded, and she suddenly remembered that she was in the post station in Hanzhou. After the death of her parents, she was falsely accused of being the murderer who poisoned the whole family, and she was arrested all over the world.In order to be reborn, she could only escape from Shu in disguise and came to Chang'an, hoping to appeal to the imperial court for a retrial of the original unjust case and to clear up all the grievances of her family. And she met Kui King Li Shubai. Now her identity is Yang Chonggu, a young eunuch in the Kui Palace. She and Li Shubai set off from Chang'an, headed southwest, and were heading for Chengdu Mansion.Hanzhou is only a day away from Chengdu. The closer you get, the more frightened you become. She sat in the dark for a long time, and when the tears on her face dried up, she fell back again, lying on the bed, watching the sky gradually lighten up with her eyes wide open. After half a year of ups and downs, she finally won the chance to enter Sichuan again.This time I went to Chengdu Mansion, thousands of rivers and thousands of mountains, and it has been half a year since her family's extermination case happened, she didn't know if she could really fulfill her vow at that time, and comfort her family's soul in heaven. On that fateful day, those unbearable sorrows reappeared in her dreams again and again, making her feel the powerlessness and pain again and again.She repeatedly speculated about everything that might happen in it, but in the end, everything could not be deduced by fantasy. The only way must be to go back to the field and re-examine everything. When all the truth comes to light, maybe it is the time to free myself. She curled up, buried her face in the crook of her arms, and stared out the window blankly. The dark blue sky is gradually turning into light blue, with dazzling light, and today will be hot weather again. Caressing her throbbing temples, Huang Zixia woke up and washed up before going out early. There are many officials coming and going at the official post in Hanzhou, and the one who is staying today is King Kui Li Shubai, so a group of officials are naturally attentive.And as the little eunuch next to King Kui, she was also regarded as a guest of honor. She opened the door and went out, and saw the bamboo forest path in the courtyard, with a large area of hollyhocks blooming beside it.On the stalks that are higher than the head, there are clusters of brocade-like flowers, which are extremely bright.Hollyhock, also known as Yizhanghong, has bright and bright flowers, the most in Sichuan. Huang Zixia remembered that in the envoy's mansion, there were also large hollyhocks planted.In the early morning of summer, before she got up, Yu Xuan would have already tapped on her small window and presented her with a hollyhock. Or pink, or light purple, sometimes single, sometimes double.She put the flowers he sent on her hair and chose a dress to match.A year of summer has passed like this. Maybe I can’t remember exactly when it happened, but I always remember my deep red and light yellow colors in those days. She raised her hand unconsciously to touch the petals of the hollyhock, and looked across the flowers to the other side of the bamboo forest path. Li Shubai was passing the long sword in his hand to Jing Rong, and turned to look at her.The color of the flowers was smudged, which made his azure pure brocade clothes stand out clearly. Among the dark and light colors around him, he was the only one with a cool look, which was soul-stirring. She couldn't help admiring this man.From Chang'an to Chengdu, the road was full of rivers and mountains, and the journey was hard. All the states and counties along the way were mobilized together, and there were countless official entertainments.Every time she relied on the fact that she was just a little eunuch to escape, but it was impossible for Kui King Li Shubai to escape—but this person has such self-discipline, no matter how hard the journey was the day before or how late the party was, she would never get up. After that, I will always see him getting up to exercise in the morning, rain or shine, without exception. There was thin sweat on Li Shubai's forehead, he took the handkerchief from Jing Xiang to wipe it off, and walked towards her.She watched him approach, and hurriedly saluted him: "My lord... Good morning." He let out an "um" and passed by her without looking sideways. She followed him, took two steps, saw him stop again, and handed her the silk handkerchief. She didn't know what he meant, and when she raised her hand to pick it up, she saw that her fingertips were stained with brilliant yellow hollyhock pollen. She quickly lowered her head to take the veil and wiped her fingers clean.
It was getting late, after eating the breakfast prepared by the post station, after a little rest, a group of people were ready to set off. Huang Zixia got on her own sand brush and followed behind Li Shubai.Si'e walked up to Fusha and rubbed its neck.And immediately, she and Li Shubai rubbed shoulders involuntarily. Li Shubai saw the light blue color in her eyes, frowned slightly, restrained her evil, and asked, "Did you sleep restlessly?" "Yeah." She nodded silently. He said: "If we hurry up today, we should be able to reach Chengdu Mansion. You don't have to think about it anymore, wait until you get there and see the situation." She looked up at Li Shubai, and saw that he was close at hand, looking down at her. The distance between the two of them was almost breath-taking. She didn't dare to meet his bright eyes, so she could only lower her head: "Yes. .” He stopped looking at her and leaped forward. Huang Zixia hurriedly urged the horse to catch up, and the two of them set foot on the smooth official road one after the other. From Hanzhou to Chengdu, there was an endless stream of business travelers along the way.Huang Zixia was riding a horse with her head bowed, when she reached a place where the crowd was sparse, she suddenly heard Li Shubai say: "Actually, I have been quite restless in my heart in the past few days." Huang Zixia looked up at him and asked, "Your Highness, for that talisman?" "Well," he rode forward, thoughtful, "on that talisman, there are six words 'widow, disabled, lonely, disabled and sick'. On the day my mother and concubine passed away, the word 'solitary' was delineated. I was assassinated in Xuzhou three years ago, and my arm was almost disabled, but the word "disabled" faded after I recovered. But this time..." Before setting off, dripping blood appeared on the talisman, delineating the word "waste". Declining and withering is called waste. Li Shubai, Kui King of the Tang Dynasty, was crowned king at the age of six and left the palace at the age of thirteen. After seven years of dormancy, he defeated Pang Xun, the greatest threat to the court, and at the same time restrained the major military envoys. However, how long can a life that blooms prematurely be domineering. At the age of twenty-three, his fate was in turmoil, and ominous words were delineated one by one on the fate spell. Huang Zixia only felt that this matter was extremely strange, but he had no clue, so he could only comfort him and said: "Everything in the world has a reason after all. I don't know why this spell can foretell the prince's affairs in advance, but in the final analysis, I don't believe that there is something wrong in this world. The theory of ghosts and gods, I think...you must not believe it, my lord." Li Shubai looked back at her, with a clear light in his eyes: "Don't pretend to be stupid, Huang Zixia. What is the truth, in fact, you and I already know it in our hearts, don't we?" Huang Zixia bowed her head silently, avoiding his gaze, and said, "Don't dare to speculate." "In any case, come when it comes, I'll wait and see." He raised the corners of his lips, smiled slightly, and then steered his horse forward.
Although the road to Shu is difficult, it is an important traffic road. After years of operation in the Tang Dynasty, it has already formed a broad road.Di E and Na Fusha are rare horses, Jing Yu's and others' horses can't catch up, and they have already fallen behind.Only they, one in front and one behind, galloped along with their horses. On one side of the road are endless green hills, and on the other side is a meandering river. Families living near the mountains and rivers live beside the road sporadically.Now it is the end of summer, countless hollyhocks are in bright red, white, yellow and purple, clusters of clusters, when they gallop past, they can't be seen clearly, just like a large piece of bright brocade hanging in every family's garden. In the small courtyard of each family, the branches protruding are full of fruits.Plums, pears, grapefruits, some ripe, some not.But along the way, the peppercorns in the mountain gardens have already matured, like countless clusters of crimson coral beads dotted among the green leaves, and the oncoming wind is filled with a slight spicy fragrance. Si'e and Na Fusha also slowed down.On this road with bright colors and warm scents, the two horses rode side by side, rubbing their necks from time to time, which made Li Shubai and Huang Zixia approach and separate again and again. Fearing that Jing Yu and others would fall too far, Li Shubai reined in his horse and stood on the edge of the cliff.In the distance, the long wind flies across, and the white clouds like waves sweep across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers. The sky and the sun are changing, cloudy and clear, and the land in front of us is uncertain. He looked at the sky for a long time, heaved a sigh of relief, and turned his head to look at Huang Zixia. Her face was slightly pale, and her breathing was a little short.Even Jing Yu and the others often couldn't support the long-distance riding behind him, but she persisted all the time.Thousands of miles of rivers and thousands of miles of mountains, she is the first person who can always be by his side. For a moment, he looked back at her and suddenly smiled.The curvature of the corners of the lips fluctuates slightly, like the wind on the water, and then subsides quickly. Huang Zixia was stunned for a moment, seeing him smiling and looking at her, there seemed to be thousands of magnificent colors in his eyes at that moment.I don't know if it was because the horse galloped too fast, her cheeks involuntarily burned slightly. But he turned his eyes away, opened the cage on Si E's body, took out a small bag of things from it, and threw it to her. She reined in the horse with one hand and caught it with the other, only to find that it was a small bag of snow flakes wrapped in white tissue paper. Unable to guess his intention, she could only look up at him in surprise. However, he only stood by the wind, and in the howling wind, his voice fluctuated erratically like the hair on his clothes: "After you fainted last time, I went to ask the doctor. He said that women often have weak blood. , Eating more sweets when you are tired can relieve you a little.” She really felt a little tired, and was afraid that if she ran after him again, she would faint like last time, so she silently took a piece of light yellow snowflake candy and ate it, then handed him the paper bag. He didn't like sweets, but he took a small piece and put it in his mouth. The green mountains and clear waters that stretch for thousands of miles extend to places that cannot be touched by the eyes.The wild flowers in late summer are verdant and bright, blooming near and far around them. They watched the same scenery, felt the same sweetness on the tip of their tongues, and were silent in the same wind. Huang Zixia lowered her head, pinched the bag of candy in her hand, hesitated for a long time, and finally put it in her arms.Then he thought that the weather was hot, maybe the sugar would melt in his arms, so he took it out and put it in the small cage on Fusha's body. In the late summer weather, the thin sugar flakes had indeed slightly melted, and a small piece of white tissue paper was wetted and slightly yellowed—as if a sweet and helpless trace had melted in her heart. Si E and Na Fusha stepped on the wild flowers and approached each other slowly. The gurgling river does not stop for a moment, and the rapids rush across the dangerous shoals, and finally flow eastward to the sea. But after all, Si E and Na Fusha just passed by, and they also passed by immediately, the only things they touched were their clothes and hair.
They slowed down their horses and walked slowly along the mountain road. It was almost noon when Jing Yu and the others finally caught up.It has been more than 60 miles along the way, and Datang has set up a station for 30 miles, which is just suitable for the horses to rest and relay.They crossed a post station among them. Si'e and Na Fusha were okay, but the other horses were already snorting heavily, and they were sweating all over, so they had to take a rest. The chief of the post house greeted them in fear and trepidation, and set a refreshment cake. Li Shubai and Huang Zixia sat in the hall and drank a cup of tea. Windows all the way. Seeing the figure of that person, Huang Zixia immediately stood up, not daring to sit with Li Shubai anymore. The woman was wearing a goose-yellow gauze dress, walked down the corridor to the door with a smile on her face, and looked at Li Shubai with a smile on her face. Among the dense bamboo shadows in the courtyard, her dress swings lightly, just like a blooming day lily, bright and moving. Huang Zixia saluted her: "The princess is well." The woman who suddenly appeared in the station was none other than Princess Qi Le. Li Shubai stood up, slightly surprised: "Qi Le?" "I heard that Prince Kui is going south to Chengdu, so I came here first to wait." She walked into the room, bowed to Li Shubai, and raised a pair of shining almond eyes to look at him.Her expression was obviously a sly expression of "surprise!", but she apologized: "Please don't mind, my lord, Qile is just... due to congenital illness for many years, so I am looking forward to the beautiful scenery of thousands of miles. Others in Beijing I can't trust anyone, but only King Kui... will definitely not despise me." Huang Zixia peeked at Li Shubai, but seeing him with a gentle expression, he signaled Princess Qile to sit down.She hurriedly bid farewell to the two, and as soon as she lifted her foot, Li Shubai's gaze had already turned to her, so she could only kneel down and sit next to them again, pouring tea for Princess Qile. Princess Qi Le held the teacup, lowered her head to smell the fragrance of the tea, and smiled at Li Shubai. Princess Qi Le's nostalgia for Li Shubai is well known in Beijing.As the daughter of a prince, if King Yi was considered an emperor back then, she is now a princess. With her noble status, she was waiting for Li Shubai in such a small inn, and she asked Yanyan to take her there. It was also difficult to refuse, so I could only say helplessly: "The princess is too hasty." "I've always been reckless, self-willed and stubborn, and it's not like you don't know it!" She pouted, but she could hear his helplessness, knowing that he would not reject her outright, so a smile could not help but reveal her joy , "Anyway, I'm alone. The world is so big, I want to follow you everywhere, who can control me?" Huang Zixia heard what she meant, that she was going to follow Li Shubai all the time, so she couldn't help but secretly smiled bitterly in her heart, and looked at Li Shubai with a bit of gloating. King Yi originally came to Beijing from Yuanzong, and his blood relationship with the current emperor is weak.After the death of King Yi, only the blood of Princess Qile remained.The royal family also pointed out a child to continue this line, but that child died a few years later. Everyone said that this branch was doomed to decline and could not recover, so the royal family also deliberately ignored it. Only Qi Le The princess is guarding the palace, and the prince's Fu, Cheng and others can hardly control such a willful girl since she was a child. She naturally does whatever she wants and comes and goes as she pleases. As for Li Shubai, thinking that her time is running out, he always treats her kindly.Huang Zixia still remembered that he told himself that when he was saddest, she was the only one who held his hand. Huang Zixia looked at Li Shubai who was frowning helplessly, and thought, what can you do with Princess Qile now? I just heard Li Shubai say to Princess Qile: "Awan, you have such a taste, I should have worked hard to fulfill it. However, I have important things to do when I enter Shu this time, and I am afraid I have no time to take you on a tour of the mountains and rivers and the scenery. .” Princess Qi Le pursed her lips, her beautiful almond eyes were full of grievances: "I know the prince is busy, but I just want the prince to take me into the city because I am not familiar with the place of life in Chengdu, is there any embarrassment in that? " Li Shubai frowned and said, "I'm on official business, so it's inconvenient to bring other people with me. Besides, my side is not safe now. If it affects you, how can I explain to your family?" "I also brought dozens of guards out, and I can take care of myself. Besides, maybe when you have something to do, my subordinates and I can help you." Li Shubai could only say: "I'm not very familiar with Shu, so I really can't take you on a tour. How about this, I will go to Chengdu with you, and the officials of Chengdu will be happy to help you arrange the itinerary." Princess Qi Le wanted to say something, but Li Shubai had already glanced at Huang Zixia.Huang Zixia understood, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "My lord, you still have hundreds of official documents accumulated in the past few days that have not been reviewed. Besides, the envoy of Zhou has just arrived in Sichuan. Whether he has met, the affairs of the Chengdu Mansion are piled up like a mountain, I am afraid that the prince still needs to ask..." Before the words finished, Princess Qi Le glared at her depressedly, and said angrily: "The little eunuch next to King Kui, dare to interrupt the prince talking to me now?" Huang Zixia hurriedly buried her head in pleading guilty, looked up at Li Shubai pitifully, thinking in her heart, I'm really not very good at being a bad person! Li Shubai gave her an expression of "just bear it obediently".
Rest for a while, the hottest time at noon is over.Naturally, they couldn't ride horses with Princess Qi Le. Li Shubai and Huang Zixia got into the carriage, and Princess Qi Le's car followed behind. Although they are all lightly dressed and simple, there are 70 or 80 guards brought by Princess Qi Le, and more than 200 guards of King Kui's mansion, a mighty group of people walking on the official road, yellow dust covering the sun, The momentum was so great that Li Shubai and Huang Zixia felt the road was swaying in the carriage, and their speed had been reduced by more than half, so they could only look at each other silently. The glass bottle hanging in the car wobbled, and the little red fish inside seemed to be tired of the long-distance running, and swam restlessly in the water. Huang Zixia raised her hand to hold the glass bottle, letting it sway as little as possible, and said in a low voice, "Why does the lord take it with me during this trek? If the glass bottle gets knocked, it's better to put it in the palace." .” Li Shubai glanced at Xiaoyu and said, "I'm used to it." Get used to it, what are you used to?Is the little fish used to coming and going with him, or is he used to keeping a little fish by his side, and can occasionally pay attention to it for a moment? Huang Zixia looked at this Agashina, and suddenly remembered that ten years ago, he found this little fish in the blood he coughed up from the former emperor.At that time, he was still a child who didn't understand the world, but now he is the famous King Kui. But in the past ten years, this fish has never grown up or changed. It has always been by his side and never made any sound.It seemed that something was forever frozen in the night when he was thirteen years old, frozen forever and never changing. She let go of the glazed cup in her hand, sighed softly in her heart, and thought, no matter what it is, after ten years, it may not only be a habit, but also an indispensable and important thing. Seeing that the red sun is gradually setting to the west, Chengdu Mansion has not yet arrived. Jing Yu urged the horse to catch up, and said in a low voice outside the window: "My lord, the princess is not feeling well, and has already got off the car to rest." Their carriage could only stop slowly.Li Shubai looked at Princess Qile through the window, and saw that she was leaning against the tree after getting out of the car, her face was not tired, she just looked around, her face was full of enthusiasm, and she even raised her hand to fold a hollyhock and looked at it in her hand. with. Li Shubai glanced at Huang Zixia. She understood, took the mint water and got out of the car to greet Princess Qile, and handed the mint water to her, saying: "My lord asked the servant to bring this water. If the princess feels uncomfortable on the journey, you can Smell this water more, it has the effect of soothing and relieving depression.” Princess Qi Le happily took it over, put it under her nose and sniffed it lightly, and said, "My lord is so careful, I just have a little chest tightness." Huang Zixia raised his head and looked around, seeing the dusk clouds all around, the old birds flying around, and the pine waves roaring in the evening wind, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and said to Princess Qile: "The princess should hurry up and get in the car, I'm afraid we have to go as soon as possible." Get in the car and rush to Chengdu Mansion as soon as possible." "It's okay, I heard it's only about twenty miles away, and we will definitely be there before the beginning of the shift," Princess Qile looked around, and said with a smile, "Look at the charming scenery here, there are tens of thousands of people in the gorge. The flowers are blooming everywhere, don’t you want to take a look?” Huang Zixia couldn't help but feel a little helpless, and could only say: "The princess is Yaxing, but it's too late today, why don't you come back tomorrow and enjoy a day of leisure, I don't know what the county thinks?" "Everyone says that Eunuch Yang next to King Kui is very elegant, but unexpectedly he doesn't understand elegance at all." Princess Qi Le threw away the flowers in her hand and walked towards her carriage. Huang Zixia breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to go back to report to Li Shubai, when suddenly she heard Princess Qi Le say from behind, "Wait a minute, Eunuch Yang." She turned back to look at Princess Qile, but she saw a small box in the hand of Princess Qile, and said, "I almost forgot, this is for King Kui." Huang Zixia lowered her head and reached out to pick it up, but Princess Qi Le raised her hand and said, "This can't be passed through other people's hands, I have to give it to King Kui myself." Among the startled birds, Huang Zixia said helplessly: "Then, the princess can send the prince off after arriving at Chengdu Mansion. Now, let's get on the train and go to Chengdu Mansion as soon as possible." "I don't know yet? When you arrive at the Chengdu mansion, Mr. Zhou must be throwing banquets, singing and dancing again, and you have to toss about half the night. When tomorrow, King Kui is busy with business again, and it will be too difficult for me to find him." " She said, lifted the corner of her skirt, stepped on the fluffy green grass under the tree, walked to Li Shubai's car, and smiled at Li Shubai inside: "I almost forgot to give you a gift." Li Shubai put down the document in his hand, raised his hand to take it with a smile, and said, "Thank you for your trouble." "Hey, why don't you look at it?" She lifted the corner of her skirt, stepped up the wooden steps, sat beside him, picked up the box with a smile, and handed it to him again, "Guess what's inside?" ?” Li Shubai looked at the box and frowned slightly: "How do I know?" "Really, I don't even want to perfuse me." She pushed the lock angrily, went to lift the box cover, and said, "I prayed for this before the Buddha for several months. The Bodhisattva told me, it I will definitely fulfill my wish and fulfill my hopeless thoughts..." Before she finished speaking, the lid of the box had been lifted by her. I have never seen what is inside, but I have seen a flash of light. Li Shubai reacted so vigilantly, the moment the light flashed, he had already grabbed the small table next to him and threw it at the box: "Don't open it!" However, there was a slight chirping sound, and as Princess Qi Le lifted the lid of the box, a tiny air flow immediately burst out of the box and spread throughout the entire carriage. No, it's actually not airflow, but hundreds of steel needles smaller than a cow's hair, scattered like a gust of wind to the entire carriage, and there is no way to avoid it in such a small space. Fortunately, Xiaoji had already been hit, Princess Qile's hand was knocked crooked, and the box immediately fell into the car.A thick velvet blanket was laid on the car, and the remaining needles inside were all shot into the velvet blanket without making a sound. But with so many needles, after all, a few have been shot out. Li Shubai didn't say a word, just raised his hand and pulled out a needle as thin as a cow's hair on his left elbow.Princess Qi Le opened the box herself, and she was within walking distance, her chest and shoulders had already been pricked by needles, and she immediately screamed. Li Shubai immediately grabbed Princess Qile's arm and led her to jump out of the car. Princess Qi Le was in a daze, and unconsciously gave him one last look, but her eyes were out of focus. Li Shubai hugged her tightly, and said in a deep voice, "Jing Yu, gather arrows! Jing Xiang, cover her!" The blue clouds merged in all directions, the sky was getting darker, and the long wind whizzed past the mountains, like the sound of turbulent waves. There were screams all around, the sound of bows and crossbows piercing through the air was dense, and random arrows were fired. Arrows were flying like rain, shooting towards the convoy parked here, they wanted to shoot all the guards of Prince Kui's Mansion or Princess Qi Le. Princess Qile's guards were in a state of confusion, hit by arrows for a while, ran wildly, and collapsed like ants. After all, the guards of King Kui's Mansion were well-trained, and under the command of Jing Yu and others, they gathered together in a short time, and quickly formed an external formation with trees, horses and carriages as barriers.Some people even drew their bows and arrows and began to fight back. Arrows rained down, and the horse's whimpering and the guards' screams of being shot by arrows kept coming.There were even arrows shooting at them behind the carriage, and one of them almost pierced Princess Qi Le's exposed leg. Li Shubai put Princess Qile under the car, raised his hand to check her breath, and then put his hand down again. Huang Zixia didn't pay attention to his expression in a hurry, just staring at the movement outside the circle. No matter how brave the guards of King Kui's Mansion were, they were no match for the successive ambushes, showing a weakness. Huang Zixia didn't have any self-defense weapons, so he could only turn around and look at Li Shubai.He threw the dagger he was carrying with her to her, and said in a low voice, "Later, ride Na Fusha and head towards the southeast." Huang Zixia clenched the dagger tightly, and said hastily: "The opponent's attack is impenetrable, and this crossbow array may not be able to get out." "The opponent is using a nine-shot crossbow. They fire three arrows at a time, and they need to fill up twenty-seven arrows after nine shots. I think they shoot them in turn, but they are not uniform, especially in the southeast corner. With a tacit understanding, there must be a gap at that time—and, the arrows of the Jiuliannu are one and a half taels, how much weight can each person carry? And marching between the mountains, I don’t believe they can maintain such a dense offensive for how long.” Sure enough, as Li Shubai expected, once the initial offensive was over, the momentum of the rain of arrows was greatly weakened.Jing Yu, Jing Xiang and others mounted their horses immediately, signaling to break out. Huang Zixia got on the Fusha, turned the horse's head and looked at Li Shubai. Si E couldn't wait any longer, he let out a long hiss and jumped forward. Li Shubai took a look at Princess Qile, who didn't know whether to live or die, and finally got on the horse, passed her side, left a large number of corpses of horses and guards, and led everyone to gallop towards the southeast. It was the moment when the bows and crossbows were exhausted, and the people over there obviously did not expect the opponent to break through suddenly. Although they quickly organized an offensive, the hasty defense was powerless before the momentum of the Jedi's counterattack.When the few people who came to stop were cut down by Jing Yu and others who were leading the horse, the horses behind quickly caught up, and those who raised their knives to resist were trampled to the ground. Amidst the screams, the people around were scared It was cold, and they fled in all directions. Li Shubai rode in the lead, and dozens of people behind him broke through the encirclement in one fell swoop and scattered away. From Hanzhou to Chengdu, the road is full of wilderness and lush forests. Once they disperse, they will be like birds flying into the forest, and the opponent will no longer be able to wipe them out. In the desolate forest that was gradually darkening, Huang Zixia followed Li Shubai closely. The two horses were incomparable steeds, and they hid in the forest one after the other. Suddenly there was the sound of an arrow behind him, and a ball of flames surrounded by the sound of the wind, went straight past Huang Zixia's ears and headed towards Li Shubai in front. Huang Zixia called out subconsciously: "Be careful!" Her voice was still in her throat, Li Shubai had already crouched down when he heard the sound of breaking the wind, and Si E also jumped to the right, the arrow passed by Si E's side impartially, and nailed into the next a pine tree. The bark of the pine tree was dry and covered with turpentine, when it saw the flames, the flames immediately rose up, illuminating the two of them extremely brightly in the forest that had gradually darkened. "Go!" Li Shubai called her in a low voice, ignoring the burning tree. Huang Zixia urged Na Fusha to fly past the tree. Someone behind him shouted from a distance: "One black and one white are two people on horseback, be sure to kill them!" The voice seemed to be Xuzhou accent. The swishing cold arrows were shot at them, far from the momentum of the repeated crossbow arrows before.In the dark forest, they had to gallop away with the help of their horses. After leaving the pine forest, there was a cliff in front of them. They could only follow the cliff and turn to the hillside ahead.There were no trees here, and the two horses galloped forward in the bushes, their hooves tripped, and they lost cover again, and the pursuers approached behind them. Without saying a word, Li Shubai pointed directly at another piece of miscellaneous forest in front of him.Huang Zixia was urging the horse to follow him, when suddenly he heard a painful hiss from Fusha under his crotch, tripped, and the whole horse knelt forward. It was hit by an arrow in its hind leg and fell heavily to the ground. Huang Zixia couldn't help herself, and followed the falling Fusha to the ground, and she was about to fall into the thorns all over the ground. Before she could exclaim in surprise, her waist lightened suddenly, and she was hugged in mid-air, and she was picked up abruptly from the thorns. Li Shubai held her in his arms, holding the rein with one hand and protecting her with the other.Si E continued to gallop towards the dark forest in front of him. And she turned her head to look at Fusha who was whining endlessly, and thought of the guards who had just died, she couldn't help but tremble with fear.Looking up at Li Shubai who was protecting her in his arms, he could only see that in the darkening sky, he was always staring ahead. The focused and resolute light inside, as well as the firm arms hugging her, made all her panic Anxiety slowly faded into nothingness, leaving only peace in my heart. She knew that he would be able to escape safely with her. The arrows behind them could no longer reach them, and they had escaped the range.The sound of shouting and killing gradually faded away, and the night also enveloped the entire mountain forest. Di E, such a fierce horse, was finally exhausted and slowed down. The bright moon came out of the mountains and forests, and the clear brilliance dyed the surrounding silvery white.The whole world is deserted and silent, as if in a deep sleep. The life-and-death fight just now suddenly seemed like a dream. Huang Zixia only felt that Li Shubai's arms holding her were gradually loosened, but the strength leaning on her body became heavier and heavier. She was nervous, but she could only hold her breath and let Si E carry them for a while, and then called him softly: "My lord..." He didn't answer, just rested his head on her shoulder.She heard his heavy breathing, and the stagnant panting on her neck was obviously not right. She put her arms around his waist and looked up at him. Her hands were wet and sticky, still warm, and she knew what it was. 而李舒白闭上了眼睛，声音飘忽地说道：“黄梓瑕，接下来的路，得交给你了。” 她扶着他倾倒下来的身体，望着眼前黑暗的山林，不知道自己身在何处，也不知道自己该去往何方。前无去路，后有追兵，而自己如今唯一的依靠，已经倒下了。 她咬一咬牙，低声应道：“是。”
The nightmare in front of her was shattered in an instant, turning into thousands of sharp fragments, piercing into her eyes and heart, and the severe pain flooded her with darkness. Huang Zixia suddenly sat up from the bed, gasped in horror, and looked around with wide eyes. In the frozen dark blue sky and the darkness of approaching dawn, she sat up alone in shock, with warm tears all over her face. I don't know where I am, and I don't know where I'm going. After a long time, the darkness in her mind gradually receded, and she suddenly remembered that she was in the post station in Hanzhou. After the death of her parents, she was falsely accused of being the murderer who poisoned the whole family, and she was arrested all over the world.In order to be reborn, she could only escape from Shu in disguise and came to Chang'an, hoping to appeal to the imperial court for a retrial of the original unjust case and to clear up all the grievances of her family. And she met Kui King Li Shubai. Now her identity is Yang Chonggu, a young eunuch in the Kui Palace. She and Li Shubai set off from Chang'an, headed southwest, and were heading for Chengdu Mansion.Hanzhou is only a day away from Chengdu. The closer you get, the more frightened you become. She sat in the dark for a long time, and when the tears on her face dried up, she fell back again, lying on the bed, watching the sky gradually lighten up with her eyes wide open. After half a year of ups and downs, she finally won the chance to enter Sichuan again.This time I went to Chengdu Mansion, thousands of rivers and thousands of mountains, and it has been half a year since her family's extermination case happened, she didn't know if she could really fulfill her vow at that time, and comfort her family's soul in heaven. On that fateful day, those unbearable sorrows reappeared in her dreams again and again, making her feel the powerlessness and pain again and again.She repeatedly speculated about everything that might happen in it, but in the end, everything could not be deduced by fantasy. The only way must be to go back to the field and re-examine everything. When all the truth comes to light, maybe it is the time to free myself. She curled up, buried her face in the crook of her arms, and stared out the window blankly. The dark blue sky is gradually turning into light blue, with dazzling light, and today will be hot weather again. Caressing her throbbing temples, Huang Zixia woke up and washed up before going out early. There are many officials coming and going at the official post in Hanzhou, and the one who is staying today is King Kui Li Shubai, so a group of officials are naturally attentive.And as the little eunuch next to King Kui, she was also regarded as a guest of honor. She opened the door and went out, and saw the bamboo forest path in the courtyard, with a large area of hollyhocks blooming beside it.On the stalks that are higher than the head, there are clusters of brocade-like flowers, which are extremely bright.Hollyhock, also known as Yizhanghong, has bright and bright flowers, the most in Sichuan. Huang Zixia remembered that in the envoy's mansion, there were also large hollyhocks planted.In the early morning of summer, before she got up, Yu Xuan would have already tapped on her small window and presented her with a hollyhock. Or pink, or light purple, sometimes single, sometimes double.She put the flowers he sent on her hair and chose a dress to match.A year of summer has passed like this. Maybe I can’t remember exactly when it happened, but I always remember my deep red and light yellow colors in those days. She raised her hand unconsciously to touch the petals of the hollyhock, and looked across the flowers to the other side of the bamboo forest path. Li Shubai was passing the long sword in his hand to Jing Rong, and turned to look at her.The color of the flowers was smudged, which made his azure pure brocade clothes stand out clearly. Among the dark and light colors around him, he was the only one with a cool look, which was soul-stirring. She couldn't help admiring this man.From Chang'an to Chengdu, the road was full of rivers and mountains, and the journey was hard. All the states and counties along the way were mobilized together, and there were countless official entertainments.Every time she relied on the fact that she was just a little eunuch to escape, but it was impossible for Kui King Li Shubai to escape—but this person has such self-discipline, no matter how hard the journey was the day before or how late the party was, she would never get up. After that, I will always see him getting up to exercise in the morning, rain or shine, without exception. There was thin sweat on Li Shubai's forehead, he took the handkerchief from Jing Xiang to wipe it off, and walked towards her.She watched him approach, and hurriedly saluted him: "My lord... Good morning." He let out an "um" and passed by her without looking sideways. She followed him, took two steps, saw him stop again, and handed her the silk handkerchief. She didn't know what he meant, and when she raised her hand to pick it up, she saw that her fingertips were stained with brilliant yellow hollyhock pollen. She quickly lowered her head to take the veil and wiped her fingers clean.
It was getting late, after eating the breakfast prepared by the post station, after a little rest, a group of people were ready to set off. Huang Zixia got on her own sand brush and followed behind Li Shubai.Si'e walked up to Fusha and rubbed its neck.And immediately, she and Li Shubai rubbed shoulders involuntarily. Li Shubai saw the light blue color in her eyes, frowned slightly, restrained her evil, and asked, "Did you sleep restlessly?" "Yeah." She nodded silently. He said: "If we hurry up today, we should be able to reach Chengdu Mansion. You don't have to think about it anymore, wait until you get there and see the situation." She looked up at Li Shubai, and saw that he was close at hand, looking down at her. The distance between the two of them was almost breath-taking. She didn't dare to meet his bright eyes, so she could only lower her head: "Yes. .” He stopped looking at her and leaped forward. Huang Zixia hurriedly urged the horse to catch up, and the two of them set foot on the smooth official road one after the other. From Hanzhou to Chengdu, there was an endless stream of business travelers along the way.Huang Zixia was riding a horse with her head bowed, when she reached a place where the crowd was sparse, she suddenly heard Li Shubai say: "Actually, I have been quite restless in my heart in the past few days." Huang Zixia looked up at him and asked, "Your Highness, for that talisman?" "Well," he rode forward, thoughtful, "on that talisman, there are six words 'widow, disabled, lonely, disabled and sick'. On the day my mother and concubine passed away, the word 'solitary' was delineated. I was assassinated in Xuzhou three years ago, and my arm was almost disabled, but the word "disabled" faded after I recovered. But this time..." Before setting off, dripping blood appeared on the talisman, delineating the word "waste". Declining and withering is called waste. Li Shubai, Kui King of the Tang Dynasty, was crowned king at the age of six and left the palace at the age of thirteen. After seven years of dormancy, he defeated Pang Xun, the greatest threat to the court, and at the same time restrained the major military envoys. However, how long can a life that blooms prematurely be domineering. At the age of twenty-three, his fate was in turmoil, and ominous words were delineated one by one on the fate spell. Huang Zixia only felt that this matter was extremely strange, but he had no clue, so he could only comfort him and said: "Everything in the world has a reason after all. I don't know why this spell can foretell the prince's affairs in advance, but in the final analysis, I don't believe that there is something wrong in this world. The theory of ghosts and gods, I think...you must not believe it, my lord." Li Shubai looked back at her, with a clear light in his eyes: "Don't pretend to be stupid, Huang Zixia. What is the truth, in fact, you and I already know it in our hearts, don't we?" Huang Zixia bowed her head silently, avoiding his gaze, and said, "Don't dare to speculate." "In any case, come when it comes, I'll wait and see." He raised the corners of his lips, smiled slightly, and then steered his horse forward.
Although the road to Shu is difficult, it is an important traffic road. After years of operation in the Tang Dynasty, it has already formed a broad road.Di E and Na Fusha are rare horses, Jing Yu's and others' horses can't catch up, and they have already fallen behind.Only they, one in front and one behind, galloped along with their horses. On one side of the road are endless green hills, and on the other side is a meandering river. Families living near the mountains and rivers live beside the road sporadically.Now it is the end of summer, countless hollyhocks are in bright red, white, yellow and purple, clusters of clusters, when they gallop past, they can't be seen clearly, just like a large piece of bright brocade hanging in every family's garden. In the small courtyard of each family, the branches protruding are full of fruits.Plums, pears, grapefruits, some ripe, some not.But along the way, the peppercorns in the mountain gardens have already matured, like countless clusters of crimson coral beads dotted among the green leaves, and the oncoming wind is filled with a slight spicy fragrance. Si'e and Na Fusha also slowed down.On this road with bright colors and warm scents, the two horses rode side by side, rubbing their necks from time to time, which made Li Shubai and Huang Zixia approach and separate again and again. Fearing that Jing Yu and others would fall too far, Li Shubai reined in his horse and stood on the edge of the cliff.In the distance, the long wind flies across, and the white clouds like waves sweep across thousands of miles of mountains and rivers. The sky and the sun are changing, cloudy and clear, and the land in front of us is uncertain. He looked at the sky for a long time, heaved a sigh of relief, and turned his head to look at Huang Zixia. Her face was slightly pale, and her breathing was a little short.Even Jing Yu and the others often couldn't support the long-distance riding behind him, but she persisted all the time.Thousands of miles of rivers and thousands of miles of mountains, she is the first person who can always be by his side. For a moment, he looked back at her and suddenly smiled.The curvature of the corners of the lips fluctuates slightly, like the wind on the water, and then subsides quickly. Huang Zixia was stunned for a moment, seeing him smiling and looking at her, there seemed to be thousands of magnificent colors in his eyes at that moment.I don't know if it was because the horse galloped too fast, her cheeks involuntarily burned slightly. But he turned his eyes away, opened the cage on Si E's body, took out a small bag of things from it, and threw it to her. She reined in the horse with one hand and caught it with the other, only to find that it was a small bag of snow flakes wrapped in white tissue paper. Unable to guess his intention, she could only look up at him in surprise. However, he only stood by the wind, and in the howling wind, his voice fluctuated erratically like the hair on his clothes: "After you fainted last time, I went to ask the doctor. He said that women often have weak blood. , Eating more sweets when you are tired can relieve you a little.” She really felt a little tired, and was afraid that if she ran after him again, she would faint like last time, so she silently took a piece of light yellow snowflake candy and ate it, then handed him the paper bag. He didn't like sweets, but he took a small piece and put it in his mouth. The green mountains and clear waters that stretch for thousands of miles extend to places that cannot be touched by the eyes.The wild flowers in late summer are verdant and bright, blooming near and far around them. They watched the same scenery, felt the same sweetness on the tip of their tongues, and were silent in the same wind. Huang Zixia lowered her head, pinched the bag of candy in her hand, hesitated for a long time, and finally put it in her arms.Then he thought that the weather was hot, maybe the sugar would melt in his arms, so he took it out and put it in the small cage on Fusha's body. In the late summer weather, the thin sugar flakes had indeed slightly melted, and a small piece of white tissue paper was wetted and slightly yellowed—as if a sweet and helpless trace had melted in her heart. Si E and Na Fusha stepped on the wild flowers and approached each other slowly. The gurgling river does not stop for a moment, and the rapids rush across the dangerous shoals, and finally flow eastward to the sea. But after all, Si E and Na Fusha just passed by, and they also passed by immediately, the only things they touched were their clothes and hair.
They slowed down their horses and walked slowly along the mountain road. It was almost noon when Jing Yu and the others finally caught up.It has been more than 60 miles along the way, and Datang has set up a station for 30 miles, which is just suitable for the horses to rest and relay.They crossed a post station among them. Si'e and Na Fusha were okay, but the other horses were already snorting heavily, and they were sweating all over, so they had to take a rest. The chief of the post house greeted them in fear and trepidation, and set a refreshment cake. Li Shubai and Huang Zixia sat in the hall and drank a cup of tea. Windows all the way. Seeing the figure of that person, Huang Zixia immediately stood up, not daring to sit with Li Shubai anymore. The woman was wearing a goose-yellow gauze dress, walked down the corridor to the door with a smile on her face, and looked at Li Shubai with a smile on her face. Among the dense bamboo shadows in the courtyard, her dress swings lightly, just like a blooming day lily, bright and moving. Huang Zixia saluted her: "The princess is well." The woman who suddenly appeared in the station was none other than Princess Qi Le. Li Shubai stood up, slightly surprised: "Qi Le?" "I heard that Prince Kui is going south to Chengdu, so I came here first to wait." She walked into the room, bowed to Li Shubai, and raised a pair of shining almond eyes to look at him.Her expression was obviously a sly expression of "surprise!", but she apologized: "Please don't mind, my lord, Qile is just... due to congenital illness for many years, so I am looking forward to the beautiful scenery of thousands of miles. Others in Beijing I can't trust anyone, but only King Kui... will definitely not despise me." Huang Zixia peeked at Li Shubai, but seeing him with a gentle expression, he signaled Princess Qile to sit down.She hurriedly bid farewell to the two, and as soon as she lifted her foot, Li Shubai's gaze had already turned to her, so she could only kneel down and sit next to them again, pouring tea for Princess Qile. Princess Qi Le held the teacup, lowered her head to smell the fragrance of the tea, and smiled at Li Shubai. Princess Qi Le's nostalgia for Li Shubai is well known in Beijing.As the daughter of a prince, if King Yi was considered an emperor back then, she is now a princess. With her noble status, she was waiting for Li Shubai in such a small inn, and she asked Yanyan to take her there. It was also difficult to refuse, so I could only say helplessly: "The princess is too hasty." "I've always been reckless, self-willed and stubborn, and it's not like you don't know it!" She pouted, but she could hear his helplessness, knowing that he would not reject her outright, so a smile could not help but reveal her joy , "Anyway, I'm alone. The world is so big, I want to follow you everywhere, who can control me?" Huang Zixia heard what she meant, that she was going to follow Li Shubai all the time, so she couldn't help but secretly smiled bitterly in her heart, and looked at Li Shubai with a bit of gloating. King Yi originally came to Beijing from Yuanzong, and his blood relationship with the current emperor is weak.After the death of King Yi, only the blood of Princess Qile remained.The royal family also pointed out a child to continue this line, but that child died a few years later. Everyone said that this branch was doomed to decline and could not recover, so the royal family also deliberately ignored it. Only Qi Le The princess is guarding the palace, and the prince's Fu, Cheng and others can hardly control such a willful girl since she was a child. She naturally does whatever she wants and comes and goes as she pleases. As for Li Shubai, thinking that her time is running out, he always treats her kindly.Huang Zixia still remembered that he told himself that when he was saddest, she was the only one who held his hand. Huang Zixia looked at Li Shubai who was frowning helplessly, and thought, what can you do with Princess Qile now? I just heard Li Shubai say to Princess Qile: "Awan, you have such a taste, I should have worked hard to fulfill it. However, I have important things to do when I enter Shu this time, and I am afraid I have no time to take you on a tour of the mountains and rivers and the scenery. .” Princess Qi Le pursed her lips, her beautiful almond eyes were full of grievances: "I know the prince is busy, but I just want the prince to take me into the city because I am not familiar with the place of life in Chengdu, is there any embarrassment in that? " Li Shubai frowned and said, "I'm on official business, so it's inconvenient to bring other people with me. Besides, my side is not safe now. If it affects you, how can I explain to your family?" "I also brought dozens of guards out, and I can take care of myself. Besides, maybe when you have something to do, my subordinates and I can help you." Li Shubai could only say: "I'm not very familiar with Shu, so I really can't take you on a tour. How about this, I will go to Chengdu with you, and the officials of Chengdu will be happy to help you arrange the itinerary." Princess Qi Le wanted to say something, but Li Shubai had already glanced at Huang Zixia.Huang Zixia understood, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and say: "My lord, you still have hundreds of official documents accumulated in the past few days that have not been reviewed. Besides, the envoy of Zhou has just arrived in Sichuan. Whether he has met, the affairs of the Chengdu Mansion are piled up like a mountain, I am afraid that the prince still needs to ask..." Before the words finished, Princess Qi Le glared at her depressedly, and said angrily: "The little eunuch next to King Kui, dare to interrupt the prince talking to me now?" Huang Zixia hurriedly buried her head in pleading guilty, looked up at Li Shubai pitifully, thinking in her heart, I'm really not very good at being a bad person! Li Shubai gave her an expression of "just bear it obediently".
Rest for a while, the hottest time at noon is over.Naturally, they couldn't ride horses with Princess Qi Le. Li Shubai and Huang Zixia got into the carriage, and Princess Qi Le's car followed behind. Although they are all lightly dressed and simple, there are 70 or 80 guards brought by Princess Qi Le, and more than 200 guards of King Kui's mansion, a mighty group of people walking on the official road, yellow dust covering the sun, The momentum was so great that Li Shubai and Huang Zixia felt the road was swaying in the carriage, and their speed had been reduced by more than half, so they could only look at each other silently. The glass bottle hanging in the car wobbled, and the little red fish inside seemed to be tired of the long-distance running, and swam restlessly in the water. Huang Zixia raised her hand to hold the glass bottle, letting it sway as little as possible, and said in a low voice, "Why does the lord take it with me during this trek? If the glass bottle gets knocked, it's better to put it in the palace." .” Li Shubai glanced at Xiaoyu and said, "I'm used to it." Get used to it, what are you used to?Is the little fish used to coming and going with him, or is he used to keeping a little fish by his side, and can occasionally pay attention to it for a moment? Huang Zixia looked at this Agashina, and suddenly remembered that ten years ago, he found this little fish in the blood he coughed up from the former emperor.At that time, he was still a child who didn't understand the world, but now he is the famous King Kui. But in the past ten years, this fish has never grown up or changed. It has always been by his side and never made any sound.It seemed that something was forever frozen in the night when he was thirteen years old, frozen forever and never changing. She let go of the glazed cup in her hand, sighed softly in her heart, and thought, no matter what it is, after ten years, it may not only be a habit, but also an indispensable and important thing. Seeing that the red sun is gradually setting to the west, Chengdu Mansion has not yet arrived. Jing Yu urged the horse to catch up, and said in a low voice outside the window: "My lord, the princess is not feeling well, and has already got off the car to rest." Their carriage could only stop slowly.Li Shubai looked at Princess Qile through the window, and saw that she was leaning against the tree after getting out of the car, her face was not tired, she just looked around, her face was full of enthusiasm, and she even raised her hand to fold a hollyhock and looked at it in her hand. with. Li Shubai glanced at Huang Zixia. She understood, took the mint water and got out of the car to greet Princess Qile, and handed the mint water to her, saying: "My lord asked the servant to bring this water. If the princess feels uncomfortable on the journey, you can Smell this water more, it has the effect of soothing and relieving depression.” Princess Qi Le happily took it over, put it under her nose and sniffed it lightly, and said, "My lord is so careful, I just have a little chest tightness." Huang Zixia raised his head and looked around, seeing the dusk clouds all around, the old birds flying around, and the pine waves roaring in the evening wind, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart, and said to Princess Qile: "The princess should hurry up and get in the car, I'm afraid we have to go as soon as possible." Get in the car and rush to Chengdu Mansion as soon as possible." "It's okay, I heard it's only about twenty miles away, and we will definitely be there before the beginning of the shift," Princess Qile looked around, and said with a smile, "Look at the charming scenery here, there are tens of thousands of people in the gorge. The flowers are blooming everywhere, don’t you want to take a look?” Huang Zixia couldn't help but feel a little helpless, and could only say: "The princess is Yaxing, but it's too late today, why don't you come back tomorrow and enjoy a day of leisure, I don't know what the county thinks?" "Everyone says that Eunuch Yang next to King Kui is very elegant, but unexpectedly he doesn't understand elegance at all." Princess Qi Le threw away the flowers in her hand and walked towards her carriage. Huang Zixia breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to go back to report to Li Shubai, when suddenly she heard Princess Qi Le say from behind, "Wait a minute, Eunuch Yang." She turned back to look at Princess Qile, but she saw a small box in the hand of Princess Qile, and said, "I almost forgot, this is for King Kui." Huang Zixia lowered her head and reached out to pick it up, but Princess Qi Le raised her hand and said, "This can't be passed through other people's hands, I have to give it to King Kui myself." Among the startled birds, Huang Zixia said helplessly: "Then, the princess can send the prince off after arriving at Chengdu Mansion. Now, let's get on the train and go to Chengdu Mansion as soon as possible." "I don't know yet? When you arrive at the Chengdu mansion, Mr. Zhou must be throwing banquets, singing and dancing again, and you have to toss about half the night. When tomorrow, King Kui is busy with business again, and it will be too difficult for me to find him." " She said, lifted the corner of her skirt, stepped on the fluffy green grass under the tree, walked to Li Shubai's car, and smiled at Li Shubai inside: "I almost forgot to give you a gift." Li Shubai put down the document in his hand, raised his hand to take it with a smile, and said, "Thank you for your trouble." "Hey, why don't you look at it?" She lifted the corner of her skirt, stepped up the wooden steps, sat beside him, picked up the box with a smile, and handed it to him again, "Guess what's inside?" ?” Li Shubai looked at the box and frowned slightly: "How do I know?" "Really, I don't even want to perfuse me." She pushed the lock angrily, went to lift the box cover, and said, "I prayed for this before the Buddha for several months. The Bodhisattva told me, it I will definitely fulfill my wish and fulfill my hopeless thoughts..." Before she finished speaking, the lid of the box had been lifted by her. I have never seen what is inside, but I have seen a flash of light. Li Shubai reacted so vigilantly, the moment the light flashed, he had already grabbed the small table next to him and threw it at the box: "Don't open it!" However, there was a slight chirping sound, and as Princess Qi Le lifted the lid of the box, a tiny air flow immediately burst out of the box and spread throughout the entire carriage. No, it's actually not airflow, but hundreds of steel needles smaller than a cow's hair, scattered like a gust of wind to the entire carriage, and there is no way to avoid it in such a small space. Fortunately, Xiaoji had already been hit, Princess Qile's hand was knocked crooked, and the box immediately fell into the car.A thick velvet blanket was laid on the car, and the remaining needles inside were all shot into the velvet blanket without making a sound. But with so many needles, after all, a few have been shot out. Li Shubai didn't say a word, just raised his hand and pulled out a needle as thin as a cow's hair on his left elbow.Princess Qi Le opened the box herself, and she was within walking distance, her chest and shoulders had already been pricked by needles, and she immediately screamed. Li Shubai immediately grabbed Princess Qile's arm and led her to jump out of the car. Princess Qi Le was in a daze, and unconsciously gave him one last look, but her eyes were out of focus. Li Shubai hugged her tightly, and said in a deep voice, "Jing Yu, gather arrows! Jing Xiang, cover her!" The blue clouds merged in all directions, the sky was getting darker, and the long wind whizzed past the mountains, like the sound of turbulent waves. There were screams all around, the sound of bows and crossbows piercing through the air was dense, and random arrows were fired. Arrows were flying like rain, shooting towards the convoy parked here, they wanted to shoot all the guards of Prince Kui's Mansion or Princess Qi Le. Princess Qile's guards were in a state of confusion, hit by arrows for a while, ran wildly, and collapsed like ants. After all, the guards of King Kui's Mansion were well-trained, and under the command of Jing Yu and others, they gathered together in a short time, and quickly formed an external formation with trees, horses and carriages as barriers.Some people even drew their bows and arrows and began to fight back. Arrows rained down, and the horse's whimpering and the guards' screams of being shot by arrows kept coming.There were even arrows shooting at them behind the carriage, and one of them almost pierced Princess Qi Le's exposed leg. Li Shubai put Princess Qile under the car, raised his hand to check her breath, and then put his hand down again. Huang Zixia didn't pay attention to his expression in a hurry, just staring at the movement outside the circle. No matter how brave the guards of King Kui's Mansion were, they were no match for the successive ambushes, showing a weakness. Huang Zixia didn't have any self-defense weapons, so he could only turn around and look at Li Shubai.He threw the dagger he was carrying with her to her, and said in a low voice, "Later, ride Na Fusha and head towards the southeast." Huang Zixia clenched the dagger tightly, and said hastily: "The opponent's attack is impenetrable, and this crossbow array may not be able to get out." "The opponent is using a nine-shot crossbow. They fire three arrows at a time, and they need to fill up twenty-seven arrows after nine shots. I think they shoot them in turn, but they are not uniform, especially in the southeast corner. With a tacit understanding, there must be a gap at that time—and, the arrows of the Jiuliannu are one and a half taels, how much weight can each person carry? And marching between the mountains, I don’t believe they can maintain such a dense offensive for how long.” Sure enough, as Li Shubai expected, once the initial offensive was over, the momentum of the rain of arrows was greatly weakened.Jing Yu, Jing Xiang and others mounted their horses immediately, signaling to break out. Huang Zixia got on the Fusha, turned the horse's head and looked at Li Shubai. Si E couldn't wait any longer, he let out a long hiss and jumped forward. Li Shubai took a look at Princess Qile, who didn't know whether to live or die, and finally got on the horse, passed her side, left a large number of corpses of horses and guards, and led everyone to gallop towards the southeast. It was the moment when the bows and crossbows were exhausted, and the people over there obviously did not expect the opponent to break through suddenly. Although they quickly organized an offensive, the hasty defense was powerless before the momentum of the Jedi's counterattack.When the few people who came to stop were cut down by Jing Yu and others who were leading the horse, the horses behind quickly caught up, and those who raised their knives to resist were trampled to the ground. Amidst the screams, the people around were scared It was cold, and they fled in all directions. Li Shubai rode in the lead, and dozens of people behind him broke through the encirclement in one fell swoop and scattered away. From Hanzhou to Chengdu, the road is full of wilderness and lush forests. Once they disperse, they will be like birds flying into the forest, and the opponent will no longer be able to wipe them out. In the desolate forest that was gradually darkening, Huang Zixia followed Li Shubai closely. The two horses were incomparable steeds, and they hid in the forest one after the other. Suddenly there was the sound of an arrow behind him, and a ball of flames surrounded by the sound of the wind, went straight past Huang Zixia's ears and headed towards Li Shubai in front. Huang Zixia called out subconsciously: "Be careful!" Her voice was still in her throat, Li Shubai had already crouched down when he heard the sound of breaking the wind, and Si E also jumped to the right, the arrow passed by Si E's side impartially, and nailed into the next a pine tree. The bark of the pine tree was dry and covered with turpentine, when it saw the flames, the flames immediately rose up, illuminating the two of them extremely brightly in the forest that had gradually darkened. "Go!" Li Shubai called her in a low voice, ignoring the burning tree. Huang Zixia urged Na Fusha to fly past the tree. Someone behind him shouted from a distance: "One black and one white are two people on horseback, be sure to kill them!" The voice seemed to be Xuzhou accent. The swishing cold arrows were shot at them, far from the momentum of the repeated crossbow arrows before.In the dark forest, they had to gallop away with the help of their horses. After leaving the pine forest, there was a cliff in front of them. They could only follow the cliff and turn to the hillside ahead.There were no trees here, and the two horses galloped forward in the bushes, their hooves tripped, and they lost cover again, and the pursuers approached behind them. Without saying a word, Li Shubai pointed directly at another piece of miscellaneous forest in front of him.Huang Zixia was urging the horse to follow him, when suddenly he heard a painful hiss from Fusha under his crotch, tripped, and the whole horse knelt forward. It was hit by an arrow in its hind leg and fell heavily to the ground. Huang Zixia couldn't help herself, and followed the falling Fusha to the ground, and she was about to fall into the thorns all over the ground. Before she could exclaim in surprise, her waist lightened suddenly, and she was hugged in mid-air, and she was picked up abruptly from the thorns. Li Shubai held her in his arms, holding the rein with one hand and protecting her with the other.Si E continued to gallop towards the dark forest in front of him. And she turned her head to look at Fusha who was whining endlessly, and thought of the guards who had just died, she couldn't help but tremble with fear.Looking up at Li Shubai who was protecting her in his arms, he could only see that in the darkening sky, he was always staring ahead. The focused and resolute light inside, as well as the firm arms hugging her, made all her panic Anxiety slowly faded into nothingness, leaving only peace in my heart. She knew that he would be able to escape safely with her. The arrows behind them could no longer reach them, and they had escaped the range.The sound of shouting and killing gradually faded away, and the night also enveloped the entire mountain forest. Di E, such a fierce horse, was finally exhausted and slowed down. The bright moon came out of the mountains and forests, and the clear brilliance dyed the surrounding silvery white.The whole world is deserted and silent, as if in a deep sleep. The life-and-death fight just now suddenly seemed like a dream. Huang Zixia only felt that Li Shubai's arms holding her were gradually loosened, but the strength leaning on her body became heavier and heavier. She was nervous, but she could only hold her breath and let Si E carry them for a while, and then called him softly: "My lord..." He didn't answer, just rested his head on her shoulder.She heard his heavy breathing, and the stagnant panting on her neck was obviously not right. She put her arms around his waist and looked up at him. Her hands were wet and sticky, still warm, and she knew what it was. 而李舒白闭上了眼睛，声音飘忽地说道：“黄梓瑕，接下来的路，得交给你了。” 她扶着他倾倒下来的身体，望着眼前黑暗的山林，不知道自己身在何处，也不知道自己该去往何方。前无去路，后有追兵，而自己如今唯一的依靠，已经倒下了。 她咬一咬牙，低声应道：“是。”