Chapter 46 Chapter Forty-six

Suddenly, the flames lit up in the distance, and the sudden explosion of flames illuminated the entire palace, and also illuminated the hazy twilight in the sky. That was... the direction where the Demon Sword Altar was located. Yan Wei suppressed the ominous feeling in her heart, and continued to rush towards the flame, with two pairs of wide sleeves fluttering around her side, like a moth rushing towards a flame. In the distance, the outline of the furnace is clearly discernible, and the flame in the furnace is like a huge tongue, licking the evening sky.In the sky, from time to time, there was a slight flash of lightning, and there was a faint rumble of thunder in the distance.

It's getting closer, it's getting closer... I can already feel the temperature of the flame, and the outline of the furnace, the piled wooden cubes, and the banners fluttering in the wind are gradually becoming clearer in the darker and darker sky. Suddenly, a water-blue figure flashed in front of her eyes, and then, the blue color wrapped around Yan Wei's knees, shins, and feet, like a pair of gentle hands, holding back and embracing... When Yan Wei looked intently, but It is a water-blue Dakongluo cloak, under the blowing of the strong wind, it flutters like a living thing, and that color is exactly the favorite color of Nightshade Nightshade.

"Xiao Kui!" Yan Wei stood still, clutching the cloak, and looked around, but she couldn't see a person, nor could she hear any sound. "Solanum nigrum!" Yan Wei staggered a few steps towards the furnace, and called out again.The surroundings were still silent, only the muffled thunder rolled across the sky one after another. A flash of lightning flashed across the night sky, illuminating everything around it as if it were day, and the shadow of the furnace was cast on the ground, like a black devil with its huge mouth open to devour people.In an instant, there was a dense rustling sound around, and hailstones the size of beans fell densely.The fire was still flickering and stirring.The furnace is like a bloody basin, and the flames are like tongues, swallowing the hail all over the sky. The hailstones melted as soon as they touched the flames, and a little bit of water vapor rose up, as if the fire was covered with a veil, or as if the tears were confused Eyes burning with anger.

Solanum nigrum... Where is the solanum nigrum... Why is there no one here... Yan Wei only felt that her legs were sore and weak, she could no longer stand up, and went straight to the ice and mud... "Princess!" Zhumeng yelled anxiously, pulling Yan Wei's arm vigorously. Suddenly, a pair of big hands rested on Yan Wei's armpits, and a coat was placed on top of Yan Wei's head.Yan Wei only felt that she was half supported and half hugged, and she avoided the corridor.Turning his head to look, the person behind him was Mu Bie. Mu Bie's eyes gleamed with pity, looking into Yan Wei's eyes, his brows were knit together, as if he was in deep entanglement.

"Solanum nigrum...what's the matter?" Yan Wei asked weakly without giving up. Mubie didn't answer, only the sound of the hailstones falling on the roof tiles, chaotic and noisy, like a rain of arrows. "Solanum nigrum! What happened to her?!" Yan Wei hissed. Mu Bie looked at the flames of the furnace, his eyes filled with mist: "She is already in the magic sword..." Yan Wei felt her heart sinking suddenly, sinking down... shattered into pieces, like the crystal hail scattered all over the ground, which could never be gathered together again.In the end, I still failed to keep Xiaokui... In the end, I still failed to fulfill my promise to Longyang...

"Why didn't you stop her?!" Yan Wei shouted with all her strength. "She has the right to decide her own life and death." Mu Bie's tone was calm, without any waves. "You just want to know what will happen to the magic sword after drinking the blood of a virgin, so you just watched Xiaokui die?! No matter how important the magic sword is, is it more important than Xiaokui's life?! You are just selfish and want to explore the magic sword It’s a secret, so Xiaokui will not hesitate to let Xiaokui die! That is a living life...you! How can you... be so cold... how can you, just watch her..." Yan Wei was still screaming at first, but His voice became lower and lower, as if he was whispering and weeping, as if he had lost the strength to speak.

Mu Bie's voice was still cold: "Tianweimen was breached this morning. Because there is Yihu Lake to defend, half of the people in the city are still alive. The soldiers are fighting bloody battles. As the princess of a country, Solanum nigrum Volunteering to die to help the war, how can I stand against it?" Yan Wei froze, not knowing what to say, but let the tears roll down from her eyes, her body drooped softly again.This time, Mu Bie didn't help, but just spread the clothes on the ground and let Yan Wei sit on it. Was he the one who should have died for the sword?If he hadn't lost his body... On that night of drunkenness, Long Yang clearly wanted to protect himself, but he must have never imagined that Xiaokui would be harmed by this...

"Xiaokui... did you leave any words?" After a long time, Yan Wei asked in a murmur. Mu Bie took something out of his arms, leaned over and handed it to Yan Wei. It is a sachet, made of moon-blue three-flying satin, in the shape of persimmon stalks, surrounded by a two-color ribbon of pine flower and agarwood color, with a pink and white hollyhock flower embroidered on it.It was exactly the same as the sachet she gave her when Yihu first met.But things are different, and the person who embroidered the sachet is no longer alive... Yan Wei gently loosened the tether of the sachet, and poured the contents into the palm of her hand. It was a jade rabbit carved out of salt, and the rabbit's eyes were a piece of red ruby ​​that pierced through its head.Now this gemstone has been broken, only because of its shape, it has not been scattered, like a pair of eyes full of sorrow, turned over, the rabbit's belly is engraved with the word "Tong".

Yan Wei knew that this was the only gift Tong Shou gave her, which Solanum nigrum wore on her waist every day.After all, he was still reluctant to let it be swallowed by the flames, so he left it, but the high temperature of the fire still shattered the gemstone, like a painstaking effort that was silently broken.Yan Wei held the sachet tightly, as if she was holding the life of nightshade. She still couldn't believe that the pure, true, clear, and white woman, who was like salt, went away so resolutely... "What about the magic sword..." Yan Wei's voice was low and in a daze.

"Wu Jie held on, and went by boat. There is still a chance of life, so I have to fight." Mu Bie looked at the dark night, and that direction was the direction in which Wu Jie left.Over there, relying on the natural danger of Yihu Lake, the only remaining soldiers of the Jiang Kingdom are still fighting to the death to protect the half of the city and the palace! A silver lining?Yan Wei recalled what Long Yang said, that the magic sword forged with the blood of a virgin can attract fire and rain from the sky and meteorites to fly down, so as to relieve the danger of soldiers.But at this time, the hail that fell from the sky was made of water. There was no fire or stone. When it fell to the ground and bounced a few times, it melted in no time. Jiang Guo...

"That magic sword, drank the blood of a virgin, what supernatural power does it have?" Yan Wei sneered mockingly, but there was deep sorrow in his eyes. Mu Bie shook his head: "I don't know, maybe there is, maybe not, I will only know after I go into battle." "For a chance, you don't hesitate to take a life like a flower, don't you?" Yan Wei's tone was cold, as light as the cold air wrapped in hail. "Maybe it's completely useless, but if you don't try it, Solanum nigrum, Jiang Wang, me, Wu Ji and the ministers, everyone will definitely regret it! The country is about to perish, it is a straw, and you have to grab it and give it a try." ..." Mu Bie was also a little excited and talked more. Yan Wei smiled sadly: "So Xiao Kui became your straw? Just saying 'maybe' took her life?" "From the time of defending Changyan Pass, it was a 'maybe'! How many soldiers threw their heads and blood, and every city and every place risked their lives, so that Jiang Guo'maybe' would not perish! So many people can do it for this' Maybe 'put your life on the line, as Solanum nigrum is a princess, why can't you?" Mu Bie's voice was like lightning, clean and sharp. A drop of water landed on Yan Wei's skirt with a thud, and scattered into a wet flower. The slight sound, amidst the noise of hail, sounded so shocking, as if hitting the heart of the person. Yan Wei looked up, and Mu Bie looked up at the night sky, a line of moist furrows on his cheeks was so clear under the reflection of the fire. "My father... and I, for this 'maybe' with only a sliver of hope, betrayed our mother country, in order to preserve a glimmer of life for our father country... I thought that Ruojiang country also had a magic weapon, It can check and balance Yang State, and it can make Yang State no longer talk lightly about swords, so that the people of the two countries will not suffer from the war, but who knows that we are not kings, and we don’t know the king’s ambition to annex the world..." Mu Bie said Some choked up. Annex the world?Yang Wang's tired face appeared in Yan Wei's mind, and the words of Mr. Su in the car echoed in his ears. In this troubled world, if you are not strong, you will be swallowed, and if you don't attack, you will be bullied... You die or die , God did not give Yang Guo too many choices. If he did not annex Jiang Guo, he would be annexed by other big countries together with Jiang Guo. For hundreds of years, this kind of drama has been staged again and again. The plot is the same, only the winners and losers keep going. changing names... Yan Wei has never seen Mu Bie talk so much, and has never seen Mu Bie be so weak. She wants to comfort her, but she feels that there is no way to talk about it. Everyone is right, but it seems that everyone is wrong... Or, no one can distinguish right from wrong, and can only hope that future generations will have a proper comment. "Where's Long Yang... is he okay?" Yan Wei was a little afraid to ask, for fear of hearing bad news, but she had to ask, otherwise she couldn't feel at ease. "He is leading the army to defend the natural danger at the mouth of Yihu Lake." Mu Bie replied. "What about you..." Yan Wei looked up at Mu Bie.Mu Bie's hair was only long enough to his shoulders, and it was loose. He didn't wear hairpins or scarves. His black and red face was illuminated by the flames, making him look more like a Li person. "I'm going too." Mu Bie replied. "To help Jiang Guo?" Yan Wei was confused, not knowing if she wanted Mu Bie to help Jiang Guo or Yang Guo. Mu Bie shook his head: "My grandmother is from Yang, my grandfather is from Jiang, and my mother is from Li. Yang and Jiang are the country of my parents. I don't want to kill people... The sword in my hand is for saving people." Yes." Mu Bie said, and patted the two swords on his waist, the short one was "Xuanshi · Bie", the long one was "Sangluan". "You... Take care!" Yan Wei said softly. Mu Bie nodded slowly. "Please cherish your life, and come to me when the war subsides... I promised to give you medicine to remove scars, please allow me a chance to fulfill my promise." Yan Wei said again. Mu Bie nodded again, turned around and stepped into the dark night.