Chapter 9 Chapter Eight
What dreams will last longer than memories?For ten years, every night, when she closed her eyes, she fell into that endless nightmare again.Whether it's by Bai Moyu's side, or sleeping alone in a tall building.
The darkness is boundless and endless, and blood is splashed everywhere.
In the leopard room where Baidi used to have fun, the young girls who entered the palace with her were summoned one by one, like weak lambs, torn apart by the tyrannical minions.Those people in the room were tossing and calling, suffering and trembling, each sound stabbing her heart.Dressed up, she stood dumbly outside the door, unable to imagine what kind of terrible things were happening inside.
"You don't need to go in." After the last companion also went in, the person guarding outside looked at her with a half-smile. It was a guard with a knife, with obscene and dirty eyes, looking up and down, "You are too old But Dijun only likes to eat tender ones."
She clenched her hands silently, so hard that her nails pierced her palm, and blood oozed out between her fingers.
——It turns out that the second prince bought them and sent them to the imperial capital just to be abused and ravaged by the emperor?Those children... Those children who are only twelve or thirteen years old have not even become a real woman, and the buds that are just about to bloom are torn into pieces in the dark night.
She held her hands tightly, only feeling an anger ignited in her heart, almost consuming all her sanity—yes, along the way, she kept reminding herself repeatedly that she was bought, since she was treated as The gift is delivered here, so no matter what happens next, you have to grit your teeth and endure it.
However, watching all this happen to those young companions at this moment, the fire in her nature still burns uncontrollably—however, in this heavily guarded palace, there is no sword by her side at all, Assassinating the emperor is a serious crime that implicates the entire family. Once the sword is drawn, even her parents, siblings, and sisters will not be spared!
Her hands trembled, and her heart was filled with ice and fire.However, the guard with the knife beside him smiled softly, and pushed her chin up with the handle of the knife: "Why, why don't I let the emperor give you to me? Heh, I like you at your age—ten Seven years old is the best time for a woman."
"Get out!" She turned her head away, and could no longer restrain herself from angrily yelling.
The guard didn't expect that a weak woman would dare to resist him like this, so he couldn't help but change his face, and stepped forward - however, at that moment, there was an unusual sound in the corridor behind him, as if something heavy fell to the ground , and then a hoarse and inhuman voice called for help intermittently:
"Help me...there are...there are assassins..."
"Dijun?!" At that moment, all the guards outside turned around and rushed towards the closed door of the leopard room, even the guard who was molesting her did not hesitate at all.
assassin?In the heavily guarded deep palace, how could there be an assassin suddenly!
When the door was kicked open, the sight inside was shocking.
Baidi was tied to the bed, struggling desperately, his fat body trembling uncontrollably.Those young girls clustered around the head of the bed, their naked bodies looked extremely white and weak in the dark, covered with blood and bruises—however, the group of weak lambs worked together to press the brutal lion to the bed, He strangled his neck tightly with a belt!Baidi's eyes turned white from being strangled, his tongue half stretched out, his hands and feet twitched non-stop, and he was about to die.
When she saw this scene, she cried out in surprise.When Qian Jun was about to strike, the guards rescued him in time, and chopped the two young girls who were holding their belts into two pieces with one knife!
Bai Di rolled on the bed and landed on the ground, clutching his throat and gasping for a while, before he was in shock, he shouted hoarsely: "Kill! Bitch! Don't leave a single one behind, I'll kill all of them!"
"yes!"
The massacre followed in an instant-the guards broke into the leopard room, and the sharp knives slashed at the unarmed children.In just a short moment, Ruanrou Township has become a Shura field.
"No...no!" She finally couldn't help shouting, "Stop!"
At that moment, she no longer cared about implicating her parents or implicating the nine clans. The slaughter close at hand aroused her instinct to protect the weak. The blood of the sword master's disciples boiled in her body. In the leopard room, with a backhand blow, the guard who was slashing at the young girl with a knife flew away, and shouted loudly: "Stop! Don't kill unarmed people!"
However, no one listened to her at all. In the darkness, countless knives immediately slashed towards her.
Once you start, you can't stop...can't stop again!
Stop killing with killing, is that the only way?
She didn't even have time to think about it, she just subconsciously snatched the knife from a guard's hand, and pushed away all the sharp blades that were slashing - she had never killed anyone in the teacher's school for so many years. At this moment, when he drew his sword for the first time, he was facing such a cruel and bloody desperate situation, and there was no room for turning around.
Kill, kill, kill!If these wolves are not stopped, those children behind will die without a place to bury them!
The time to actually do it may only be a short quarter of an hour, but to her, it seems that a cycle of reincarnation has passed.When she woke up, the blood had already stained her whole body red, and the body of those guards was piled up in disorder in the room, including the one who was molesting her a moment ago, only half of her head was left.
The surviving young girls shivered in the corner, looking at her in horror, as if she was a monster.
"Ah..." She let go of the knife in a slump, looking at her hands, the thick and sticky blood on them made it impossible to open her fingers.At that moment, she suddenly trembled, bent down and vomited.
"Come... come here! There's an assassin!" When she was trembling weakly in the blood, a hoarse voice suddenly sounded in her ears——turning her head, she saw that the fish that escaped the net, Baidi, had been brother and foot. Yudi crawled out of the leopard room, staggered and ran on the corridor, shouting all the way!
In an instant, the entire deep palace was alarmed, and countless lights gathered here.
Standing alone in the pool of blood, she looked at the frightened and stunned children in the corner, her mind went blank, she didn't know what to do, she subconsciously groped for a knife again, stood up and guarded the door, His face was pale and dull, without fear, and without flinching.
So far, how can it be?Fight until the moment of death!
Anyway, before entering the palace, on the Black Rock Reef, she had already personally said goodbye to Shaoyou, breaking the last fetter in her heart, and there was no longer any concern about life or death.
Hearing the sound, the guards who rushed to rescue him quickly surrounded the Leopard Room.She knew that she would not survive tonight, but even for the sake of the children behind her, she couldn't take half a step back! ——Although, their lives are as cheap as ants, and no one would care about them in the first place.
"Back off." Suddenly, a hand stretched out from the darkness, wrapping her waist silently.Someone spoke from behind, with a low and harsh voice: "Let them deal with it next."
who?Who is talking to yourself?She turned her head in surprise, and saw the sharp and stern side face in the darkness, cold and calm - that face appeared in this Shura field, and there was a reassuring and awe-inspiring power at the same time.
"It's you?" She lost her voice, and recognized the person who bought herself in the dark alley - three days ago, he led a group of people to escort them into the palace, and presented them to the emperor together with other treasures as a congratulatory gift.Under Longyan's joy, the emperor promoted him to general on the spot and stayed for a banquet.But now, why did he suddenly appear here?
At that moment, she suddenly understood.
Yes, it turns out that they are the ones who are really going to kill the emperor tonight!
"I didn't expect you to have such skills." He looked at her with complicated eyes, "I underestimated you."
Is it?She smiled bitterly, so what if she took another high look?In the eyes of those who turn their hands into clouds and rain, these commoner women are just pawns, or the kind of discarded pieces that can be sacrificed at any time!
"Don't be afraid," the man's resolute eyes flashed a softness, he lowered his head suddenly, pressed his cold lips on her cold forehead, and whispered, "It's okay."
It was a kiss without any desire, with a soothing power, like a father like a brother-but she was stunned for a moment, watching him speechless.
Why?Why did he say that?
More than a dozen companions were all dead, why was she the only one who survived?Is she different?
"Don't believe me?" he asked quietly.
She pursed her lips, shook her head, took a step back, and looked at him warily.Although she is not deeply involved in the world, she also understands some truths: If a man wants to take a woman away at a risk, what reason would he have? —Yes, this man wanted her for himself, either for lust or conspiracy.
However, since she refused to be Baidi's plaything, how could she follow him obediently and become another person's puppet?
The sound of killing outside was getting closer and closer. Seeing her retreating step by step, he sighed and said word by word: "Whether you believe it or not, you have to think about the safety of your family, don't you?"
At that moment, she was shocked.
"You..." She rushed over like lightning, pushed her hand against the wall, the blade pressed against his throat in an instant, and said sharply, "What did you do to my family?"
He smiled faintly, just looked at her deeply, and said word by word: "I have taken out their old house in the narrow stone alley, and placed it in a place that no one knows except me." He glanced at her and said softly, "If you kill me, you will never see them again."
With a "clang", her hand softened, and the knife fell to the ground.
"You..." She looked at him, her eyes filled with hatred and confusion, "What do you really want?"
"I don't want to," he sighed, "Maybe you don't believe me, but I just want to protect you."
"Protect me?" She sneered, pointing at the corpses all over the floor, and angrily angrily said, "You're the one who sent us here! You're the one who designed all of this!"
"Yes, yes...I'm sorry." He murmured, reaching out to hug her who was struggling non-stop, "However, I swear, from today on, there will never be such a thing again...I will definitely I will protect you and your family, and anyone who wants to hurt you must step over my dead body."
His tone was so sincere and apologetic that she froze.
"I don't even know your name." After a while, she murmured, "Who are you?"
"Bai Moyu." The killing outside continued.After a fierce fight in the deep palace, Yun Huang will change the world after dawn.In the bloody night, that man stood in the leopard room, put his arms around her thin shoulders, and said softly, "Let's go! Hurry up and leave with me before Hefu and the others arrive.
"I will protect you."
His arms are steady as rocks, and his eyes are deep and wide, with reassuring strength.
early morning.When Yin Yelai woke up from a deep sleep, his head felt a little heavy.When she was about to wake up, there was a chill on her body, which made her curl up slightly unconsciously, and leaned towards her side subconsciously.However, when she snuggled up to it, the side of the quilt was cold.
At that moment, as if a cold current flowed from the bottom of her heart, she suddenly woke up, before opening her eyes, she stretched out her hand and groped her side - as expected, there was no one beside the pillow.
"Mo Chen?" She blurted out, and suddenly opened her eyes.
The person had long since disappeared, and the pillow beside him was no longer warm, and there was no sign of someone sleeping there.Yin Yelai stared blankly at the empty bed, shivering uncontrollably, feeling an inexplicable premonition.My head still hurts, and there seems to be a thin layer of fog in front of my eyes, which is slowly dissipating.
"Chun Wan?" she called in a low voice, "Tiu Chan?"
No one answered her—what about the two personal maids who are always at her beck and call?
Yin Ye glanced back and forth, suddenly startled, sat up on the couch, and opened his eyes wide.no no!This is not her bedroom in Feihua Pavilion!This is a closed space, no more than one foot long and six feet wide, unpretentious.The floor and walls are made of a strange non-wood and non-leather material, which is airtight.
In this space, except for her bed, everything else is strange.
Yin Yelai sat up with his quilt wrapped around him, and looked around in surprise—the dress, shoes and socks that he took off yesterday were still placed under the bed, but the furnishings of the room had completely changed.There was only a delicate shelf hanging at the end of the bed, on which the white parrot was swinging playfully. Seeing her wake up, he tilted his head and looked at her with dark eyes, and screamed, "Good morning, miss!"
Xueyi is still there, but it has no idea that it has already left the familiar old residence.
Where is this place... She vaguely remembered that yesterday she and Bai Moyu were drinking and sitting on the Tingtao Pavilion, and finally lost consciousness for some reason.Where did she go overnight? !
Yin Yelai's thoughts turned, and while putting on his clothes, he stretched out his feet and put on his shoes.The feet seem to be shaking slightly, as if something is constantly moving under the floor.
She suddenly understood - is she in a carriage at this moment? !
How is this going?Yin Yelai lifted up the gauze curtain abruptly, looked around, and found a small window on the side wall.She took a deep breath, pulled out a pearl hairpin with one hand and clenched it tightly, stretched out the other hand, opened the window without hesitation, and saw it at a glance—however, at that moment, she suddenly seemed to be caught Turning his eyes away as if in pain, he exclaimed in a low voice.
The sunlight streaming in from outside stung her eyes.Along with the sunshine, there was also the fresh and cold air, and the smell of the long-lost green grass—all of which shocked her extremely.
"Miss," a familiar voice suddenly came from next to my ear, "Are you awake?"
"Chunwan? Is it you?" Yin Yelai blocked the glare of the morning sun with his fingers, feeling that the thin layer of white mist in front of him was slowly fading and disappearing, and asked in surprise, "Where is this? This... …what is the problem?"
Chun Wan shook her head, "I don't know where it is."
"What?" Yin Yelai was extremely astonished, "Where is Qiu Chan?"
Chun Wan whispered: "Qiu Chan stayed in Xinghai Yunting."
"..." Yin Yelai bit her lip and asked, "Is it Mo Chen's arrangement?"
Chun Wan nodded, but didn't dare to say anything more, avoiding her eyes.
"Where are you going to send me?" She looked out - at that moment, she gasped and exclaimed.
Outside the window, there is actually a strange wilderness!
The field in winter is shrouded in a layer of faint white mist, and the morning sun reflects on the frost marks, refracting a layer of bright and indifferent light.The vegetables in the field have been harvested almost, and it looks like a rustle - the carriage is on a small road, which is remote and deserted, only a few families can be seen faintly in the distant flat forest.
It was such an ordinary scene, yet Yin Yelai was fascinated by it for a moment.
"Fairy, please be careful." However, soon a hand stretched out and closed the open window sash. It was a knight in black. Although he was not wearing a military uniform, he looked like a soldier in every move, "Sorry, handsome Bai Order, until you arrive at your destination, please show up as little as possible along the way to avoid accidents."
"Destination?" Yin Yelai was stunned.
"Please rest assured and follow your subordinates," the leader of Tieyiwei whispered, "Now we have left Yecheng and entered Wanghai County - Qingshui Ferry is a hundred miles ahead. After meeting Mr. Mu, Then we will continue on the road by land and water.”
"Mr. Mu?" Yin Yelai's surprise was even more serious.
For a long time, she had an indescribable resistance to Bai Moyu's staff, even a vague disgust and fear.There was a dark aura about this Tsing Yi counselor. He was so wise that he was almost a monster. He was mysterious and low-key, hiding in the back alleys, and never came out to do anything in person.
Now that he actually came forward in person, what happened?
I don't know how long it has been galloping, but when the sun rose to the middle, after climbing over a mountain, the carriage suddenly stopped.Yin Yelai heard the sound of running water in the car, and judged that the group had arrived near the tributary of Qingshui.However, before she poked her head out to wait and see, she suddenly heard someone rushing towards them, saluting in unison outside the carriage: "Fairy, please get off the carriage!"
Yin Yelai put on his clothes and got out of the carriage, coughed a few times in the cold wind, and looked around.
Here is a ferry, quiet and deserted, withered and yellow reeds rustling in the wind, wild geese flying from the north live in it, and occasionally make a long chirp—however, on such a quiet ferry, there is a horizontal On the prow of a boat, there is a middle-aged scribe in green clothes standing against the wind, with a flying beard and hair, and a fine-looking appearance.
"Mr. Mu?" Yin Yelai exclaimed in a low voice.
Seeing her coming, Mr. Mu immediately stepped down from the bow and gave a long bow: "Hi Fairy."
Yin Yelai returned the salute lightly: "Thanks for your hard work, Mr."
"I don't work hard," Mr. Mu said in a meaningful tone, "Bai Shuai works hard."
"Oh?" Yin Yelai frowned slightly, knowing that the other party was very scheming, secretly guessing the meaning implied by his words, his thoughts turned, but he heard the other party say in his ear: "It's not early, please invite the fairy to board the boat .”
Yin Yelai didn't move, and asked, "Where are you taking me?"
Mr. Mu sighed: "Marshal Jin ordered that the fairy be sent to Yunyin Villa in Cangwu County."
"Yunyin Villa?" At that moment, it seemed as if the fog that had covered the whole morning was suddenly lifted, and she suddenly understood: So, Mo Chen listened to Qing Huan's suggestion, in order to avoid the assassin's remnant party. , Want to send her to Yunyin Villa?
After thinking this through, the tight string in her heart was loosened, and she breathed a sigh of relief.She glanced around and saw that there were twelve people escorting the carriage, all of them in black cloaks and white horses, sharp and sharp, with eyes like hawks—then they were the twelve iron guards that Commander Bai relied on the most!
Yin Yelai was slightly taken aback: Did Mo Chen call in all the best people?
"In this case, why didn't Mo Chen tell me these arrangements himself? Why did he send me here overnight without telling me?" She suddenly understood and smiled wryly: "Yes, I am It's ridiculous that someone who has signed a contract with him still asks more questions."
Mr. Mu was silent, and suddenly heaved a sigh in the Xiao Xiao's wind——
"If Fairy knew what Bai Shuai has done for you these years, she would definitely not say such things again."
Yin Yelai was shocked, but Mr. Mu didn't say much, he turned around and boarded the bow, and raised his hand to signal, "Please."
She followed him onto the boat, but saw that there were boxes and cages piled up in the cabin, which were full of things in different categories—one box contained the medicinal materials and decoction tools she often ate on weekdays, the other box contained all kinds of clothes, shoes and socks, and the other box It is an ancient book of poetry that she likes to read on weekdays.A note was pasted on each cage, marking the names of the objects inside. The orderly, delicate and proper packing of each piece clearly did not happen in a hurry.
"Bai Shuai has long thought that there will be today," Mr. Mu said in a meaningful tone. "He has secretly prepared this boat a long time ago, in case of emergency."
"A sudden need?" Yin Yelai was surprised.
"That's when he had to let you go." Mr. Mu sighed and closed the cages, "He knew that this day would come sooner or later, so he had already arranged all these things so that you could be born overnight. Disappeared from the world, go to any place in Yunhuang to start life again."
Yin Yelai picked up an umbrella from the box, his face turned slightly pale.
This exquisite old umbrella is made of priceless Xia Ying silk. It was given to her by Murong Juan ten years ago when they first met. The past is well known, but it was never mentioned in a word many years ago.However, at the final parting, he never forgot to bring this thing for her!
Although they had been together in the dark for ten years, they had never exchanged real thoughts with each other—instead, at the moment of final parting, for the first time in her life, she felt the man's heart as deep and as wide as the ocean.
What kind of person is he...?
Mr. Mu raised his hand and pointed to the door in the cabin that was about to be closed: "However, Commander Bai has prepared more than these. The most important thing he prepared for you is in this cabin——"
Yin Yelai was slightly stunned, walked towards the door subconsciously, and then stopped suddenly - at that moment, as if she had intuited something, her face turned pale instantly, her body shook violently, as if she was about to fall down.The moment she stopped, the cabin door suddenly opened, and a pair of hands stretched out from inside, caressing her face.
It was a pair of old woman's hands withered like tree bark, and they were also shaking violently.
Yin Yelai stared at the people in the cabin with wide-eyed eyes, his eyes seemed to be nothingness because of the shock.She let the hands of the blind old woman grope for her face, and stood motionless for a long time, only two tears overflowed from the corners of her eyes and fell down in long strokes.
"Da Nan... Is it Da Nan?" Touching the hot tears, the old woman suddenly hugged her, and burst into tears, "God is sorry, you are not dead! You are really back!"
Yin Yelai's body began to tremble gradually, he couldn't stop trembling, tears fell like rain. "Mother..." For a long time, in that strange but familiar embrace, she murmured, and finally said the title she hadn't said in ten years.
"Danny...you are back! You are back! Thank God!" The old woman hugged her tightly, almost suffocatingly, as if she was afraid that her lost daughter would disappear again after ten years.In the cabin behind her, the pair of teenage children snuggled together, staring blankly at all this, their eyes full of confusion and incomprehension.
"Kang'er! Xin'er!" the old woman scolded, "Come and meet your eldest sister!"
The two children obviously didn't fully understand what happened, and they dared not come up. "Come here!" Mrs. An cursed rudely, pulling at the two children, "Come here, this is your sister!"
"Sister?" The two children looked at the stunningly beautiful woman in front of them, with surprised expressions in their eyes, and they didn't dare to go forward for a while, "Sister...isn't she dead? She's still alive?"
"You should think about it!" Mrs. An grabbed Ankang and beat a chestnut, cursing angrily.
The child was in pain, and immediately burst into tears, and shrank even more, not daring to go forward.His younger sister has always looked down on this lazy brother, but at this moment she couldn't help but help him, so as not to let his mother's second chestnut fall.
The family chattered aside, crying and laughing into a mess.Yin Yelai stood and watched, wanting to dissuade, but her lips moved, her throat seemed to be blocked, and she couldn't say a word—yes, the family in front of her was so harmonious and intimate, and she Standing here, it seems that half a sentence can't be inserted.
ten years.It's been ten years.
When this moment of longing and longing suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, everything seemed so strange and far away.Now, even if you knock on the door of the house, how can you throw yourself into the arms of your mother and act like a baby like a girl?How to reprimand and discipline the pair of younger siblings who have not known her for a long time?
Already unfamiliar.In this world, where is there a river that can go back once it goes?
She was thinking in a daze, and asked, "Mother, you...how did you find this place?"
Aunt An was stunned: "Didn't you leave a letter in the store asking me to bring Xin'er and Kang'er to this pier to wait for you?"
"I left a letter?" Yin Yelai was startled.
"Yes," Mrs. An burst into tears, "Actually, although I couldn't see it yesterday, I suddenly felt that my child was back, somewhere in the store! I didn't expect... I didn't expect it was really you!"
"Yesterday?" Yin Yelai murmured, gradually understanding in his heart.
It turned out that there was indeed a deep meaning behind Bai Moyu's taking him to Bajingfang.
"I'm illiterate and blind, so I can't read the letter at all. Thanks to the kind gentleman in the store, he read the letter for me and brought us here..." Mrs. An murmured, groping, "He is now Is it?"
"Mother, you mean Yangchun noodles?" An Xin pointed out the cabin door with sharp eyes, "He's right there!"
The scribe in Tsing Yi had been standing at the bow of the ship, silently watching the scene of the reunion of the flesh and blood in the cabin, with complicated eyes.
"Yangchun Noodles!" An Xin rushed over, trying to hug this acquaintance who lived in the store all year round and chopped firewood, but it was in vain.Mr. Mu ignored the calls of the children behind him, turned and left, and walked directly to the bow of the boat, explaining in a low voice to Bei Zhan, the leader of the Twelve Iron Guards, with a solemn expression.Not knowing what he said, Bei Zhan seemed to hesitate, but finally nodded.
Yin Yelai watched the group of people discuss behind their backs, and felt more and more uneasy - Mo Chen has always acted neatly and freely, and he is definitely not such a person who carefully conceals it. The arrangement at this moment must be deliberate As a result, it also implies that this matter is of great relevance.
Why did he send all the twelve iron guards who followed him?
Why did you send yourself away overnight, so hastily that you left no room for it?
Why, even the relatives who had been separated for ten years were sent back to her? ——Even if it is to escape those mysterious pursuits, you don’t have to go to this extent, right?
She couldn't bear it anymore, walked over and asked, "Where is Mo Chen now?"
"Bai Shuai said that from now on, the fairy doesn't need to ask about his whereabouts, and the fairy's life has nothing to do with him." Mr. Mu bowed slightly, and said in a low voice, "Just pretend that nothing happened in the past ten years."
"What?" Yin Yelai was stunned for a moment.
"After escorting the fairy to Yunyin Villa, and spending a period of time safely, on May 20 next year, the Twelve Iron Guards will be ordered to return to the army," Mr. Mu said solemnly, "From now on, the fairy will be free. Yin Yelai, the oiran of Yecheng, has disappeared, and you can become the owner of Yunyin Villa again, An Jinran, the female sword saint of Kongsang!"
She froze there, speechless for a while.
An Jinran, the female sword saint of Kongsang?Isn't that a dream that died when I was a girl?
"Is the fairy not happy?" Mr. Mu looked at her expression and asked in an unpredictable tone.Yin Ye was speechless, looked at the vast flowing water under the boat, fell silent for a moment, and murmured, "Mo Chen...why did he make such a sudden decision? Could it be that something important happened?"
Mr. Mu remained calm and asked indifferently: "So what if it is? So what if it is not?"
"..." Yin Yelai was startled, and suddenly didn't know how to answer.
Yingfeng was silent for a moment, Mr. Mu seemed to have made great determination, and said: "Since the fairy is worried about Bai Shuai, you can go back and have a look, and you will know everything when the time comes—why guess here in vain? "
"Return?" Yin Yelai shuddered suddenly, subconsciously shook his head, "No..."
The fear in her eyes dimmed the light in Mr. Mu's eyes instantly.
"It turns out that Fairy is not willing to die for Bai Shuai." He sighed in a low voice, without further words, "Then, I have nothing more to say. I wish Fairy and his family a smooth journey."
Yin Yelai stood at the stern of the boat in a daze, watching the scholar in green turn and leave, disappearing into the vast reeds.
To die for him?Ten years ago, she had already died once. Will she die again ten years later?
The moment the boat moved, she clearly felt that everything in the past ten years was gradually moving away from her, and suddenly felt a piercing pain, and she couldn't help coughing violently.
"Miss!" Chun Wan exclaimed and hurried forward.
Yin Yelai slowly let go of the brocade handkerchief, and there was a pool of dark red blood in the middle of the pure white silk scarf, which was particularly glaring in the winter sunlight.She looked blankly, as if she suddenly understood something, her body trembled violently.
Yes... time is running out.Running out.
"Danny..." Hearing the sound of coughing, the old woman groped out of the cabin and stretched out her hand tremblingly, "You...are you coughing? Come in...it's cold outside." Ye Lai was shocked and looked at his blind mother. "Mother." She walked over and helped Aunt An back to the cabin, "I'm fine, you have a good rest."
"Why are your hands so cold?" Mrs. An felt an intuitive uneasiness and held her hand tightly.
"It's nothing, don't worry," Yin Yelai said softly, "It's just that the weather has been cold recently, and I caught a cold."
"Oh." Aunt An didn't dare to let go, grabbed her hand and put it in her arms, muttering, "Where have you been all these years? Did you suffer or suffer? —Ten years ago You left such a large sum of money to treat your father and younger siblings, and then suddenly disappeared, I thought you..."
"It's nothing." Yin Yelai smiled, and lied without changing his face. "For these years, I went to collect jade on Liuguang River with others. I have been working for ten years, and finally paid off the debt. Only then See you back there."
"Really?" Mrs. An put her hand together, rubbed it tremblingly, and suddenly burst into tears, "You still said you didn't suffer! Picking jade in the cold snow water is a pain that even a man can't bear! My eldest daughter... how much you have suffered!"
The old woman was crying heartbroken, as if she had poured out her ten years of suffering and longing in her crying.The two children behind him came up carefully, pulled the corner of Mrs. An's clothes, looked up at the strange sister, tears welled up in their bright eyes.After a long time, the little girl An Xin spoke first, called out "sister" timidly, and then stabbed Ankang beside her.
The thick-headed boy was a little shy, lowered his head, and murmured "sister" cautiously with a blushing face.
"Be good." Yin Yelai raised his hand and gently stroked the hair of the pair of children. Tears finally fell uncontrollably on the back of the old woman's hands—ten years later, the family was finally able to sit together. It was happiness that she had never dared to imagine in her life.However, for some reason, at such a moment, her heart was empty.
It's so empty that even such a surge of happiness can't fill it up.
She left her family, walked to the stern of the boat alone, embraced the snow crane and looked at the southern sky.Something cold and warm dripped down his cheeks—the weather was cloudy and uncertain, and the sun was still bright in the morning. At this moment, the rain clouds were overwhelming the green water, and it was actually raining.
"Sister! It's raining!" An Xin yelled from behind, she dug out the umbrella from the cage and hurriedly brought it up.Yin Yelai smiled and shook his head: "No need, I'll go back to the cabin."
She took the umbrella from An Xin and put it back again—but at that moment, she frowned and saw that An Xin was still holding a strange silver carved box.
It wasn't hers, it shouldn't have been in the luggage.
"What is this?" She reached for it in surprise.
"When I picked up the umbrella, I saw that the box was on the bottom." An Xin naively lifted the box and brought it to her, "Does my sister think it looks good too?"
"Yeah." Yin Yelai smiled and didn't say anything—no, she clearly remembered that when she picked up the umbrella for the first time just now, she clearly didn't see such a box in the cage!This is how the same thing?
As soon as she stretched out her hand and opened it, she froze suddenly, as if struck by lightning.
——There are many things in this box: an old and yellowed contract, an identity certificate, a thick account book, and a slender silver cylinder less than a foot long pressed under the account book .
The contract was made ten years ago, the paper is crisp and yellow, but the finger print she pressed is still bright red:
The Danshu document used to prove his identity is new, with a familiar but unfamiliar name written on it: An Jinran;
She recognized the account book, it was Qing Huan's lifeblood, it densely recorded a shocking wealth;
——And on the silver cylinder like a flute, engraved with the doorman star badge of the sword master's sect, it is the lightsaber that she left the master's sect and returned to Master Lan Hua in the past!
She flipped through them one by one, and every time she saw one, she felt as if her chest had been hit hard.
At the bottom of the box, there is a pair of children's cotton shoes, which are exquisitely embroidered with tiger heads, but they are old things.There was a letter under the shoe, and the handwriting on it was just familiar to her.Yin Yelai stood at the bow of the boat, unfolded the letter against the wind, and looked at it line by line. After seeing the end, he couldn't even stand still. Suddenly, he swayed and vomited a mouthful of blood!
"Sister!" An Xin exclaimed in surprise.
Yin Yelai's face was as pale as death, and she silently looked at the letter in her hand, letting the blood from the corner of her lips drip onto the paper and slowly bleed away—she suddenly raised her head and looked at the vast sky, He gave a low laugh.
So it turned out to be so... so it turned out to be so!
"If Fairy knew what Shuai Bai has done for you these years, she would definitely not say such things again."
Mr. Mu's words echoed in her ears again, gradually getting louder and louder, until it was like a thunderbolt knocking on the sky above her heart, making her lose her mind-the words in this letter were completely different from his usual tone, but at this moment From the white paper, it seemed as if he was whispering in his ear.
The wind came from the north and chilled the heart and lungs. Yin Yelai leaned silently on the bow of the boat, shaking his hands. The letter was swept away by the north wind and fell on the water surface.
方才穆先生暗示她应该返回叶城的时候，她下意识地拒绝了。那个瞬间，她并没有弄清楚自己到底在害怕着什么。直到看完了这最后的一封信，她才霍然明白过来。
——是的，她害怕这个转身之后，便要面对真正的自己。
多年来，她一直对自己说：之所以留在白墨宸身边，只是因为最初的契约，只是因为他买断了她的人生、控制了她的家人——在这样的一个不可抗拒的借口之下，她从未试图从他身边离开。可是这一刻，当所有的借口都已经逝去的时候，如果她还要不顾一切地返回牢笼，返回他的身边，那么，她将不得不第一次摘下面具，面对真正的自己。
是的，她是爱他的。
——她所恐惧的，其实也就是这一点。
“下雨了，仙子请回舱里休息吧！”北战听到安心的惊呼，连忙从前面过来劝导。然而殷夜来没有回答，眼神空洞地看着那一张信纸消失在波浪里，擦了擦嘴角的血迹，然后将匣子里的那些东西一件一件地收入怀里。
她的手指，最后握住了那一支银色的纤细圆筒。
在手指握紧的那一瞬，她眼里掠过一丝凛然的冷芒，竟让北战这种身经百战的军人都退了一步——这个弱不胜衣的女人，眼里竟然能爆发出这样可怕的气息来！
她转过头来对他深深一礼，低声：“夜来想拜托足下一件事。”
北战肃然回礼：“仙子请尽管吩咐。”
“请将军好好照顾我的家人，平安地将他们带到云隐山庄。”殷夜来的声音平静，一字一句地吩咐，“保护他们，不要让他们再受到外来的任何伤害。”
北战有些惊愕：“这也是白帅的命令，我们必然舍命维护。”
“是么？那就好……我再无牵挂。”殷夜来笑了笑，抬起手摘下了挂在船舱上的鸟笼，将那只白鹦鹉放了出来，低声：“雪衣，去吧！”
那只鸟儿懵懂地跳出了笼子，在主人的手腕上站了片刻，不明白自己接下来该怎么办。直到殷夜来将手臂往上一送，那只鹦鹉才知道主人的意图，扑拉拉地借力飞起，展开双翅，转瞬在辽阔的青水上。
“天空海阔，能飞多高就飞多高吧！”
她低声笑了起来——此刻，她的心境一片澄明。不再犹豫，不再畏惧，也不再退缩。无论是不是被安排或者计算了，她还是要回到他的身边去，再次充当十年前的那个角色——哪怕前方是龙潭虎穴、刀山火海，也再不回头。
因为这一次，是她自己心甘情愿的选择。
“心儿，康儿，你们要好好听娘的话。”她走回舱里，轻轻抚摸了一下那两个孩子的头顶，柔声道，“姐姐要出去一趟，过几天就回来。”
弟妹们有些愕然，拉住她不放：“你要去哪里？”
“一个必须去的地方。”她微微笑了一笑，不再说什么，左手一按船舷，整个人从船头便轻飘飘地掠起，如同流云般掠过苍茫的青水，转瞬消失在茫茫的芦苇丛中。只留下北战震惊万分地站在船头，看着那个如天外飞仙一般消失在江湖间的女子。
——方才那一瞬，她显露出的身手足以卓绝天一下！
穆先生曾私下叮嘱他，如果这个女人看了信之后无动于衷，那么，十二铁卫就必须按照白帅原来的安排继续送她北上。然而，如果她选择了离开，那十二铁卫也绝不能阻拦——这一切如有违逆白帅命令之处，所有责任由他承担。
穆先生作为白帅的心腹智囊，心计深沉，所做的一切无不有原因。
可这个女子，到底是谁？
青水无声流逝，穿越了整个东泽，从天阙山上西向注入镜湖。水面上那一张纸载沉载浮，墨汁和血泪一点点的洇开，终究渐渐沉没。
“夜来，当你看到这封信的时候，我们已经永别。
“此刻我准备孤身赶赴帝都，说服帝君放弃撤军西海，转而发动内战的意图，却不知道最终会得到什么样的结局——他或许会杀我，或许不会。而我也必不会束手待毙。这一切只是一场赌博。
“权谋的事情就不多写了，毕竟这些都和你无关，也与我要和你说的事无关。原谅我在最初和最后都欺骗了你，甚至连最后的告别都不曾和你当面说过，就这样把你送上了离开的旅途。
“如今你正在一边的榻上因为药力而沉睡，而我在灯下写这封信——事实上，作为一个军人，我或许是勇敢的，但一直以来，作为一个普通的男人，我知道自己是怯懦的。十年了，我始终无法向你清楚地说出自己的想法。
“或者说，我并不知道你是否在乎我的想法。
“而这样看着你沉睡的面容，在寂静的夜里写信，却能让我更好的面对自己，更加简单而直接地说出真正的想法，而不掺杂任何的情况因素。同时，也更彻底地作出决定。
“夜来，我是爱你的。这一点无须怀疑。
“或许你会为此感到惊讶：因为我们之间的关系很不寻常，不曾有好的开始，更难有可期待的结局——或许，你一直在猜疑为什么我昔年在计划完成后没有杀了你吧？
“如果我说是因为我真的爱你，所以无法杀你，你一定不信。
“可是，事实就是这样。
“我并不是一个宽厚仁慈的人，在这个世上活着的三十多年里，我从来只为自己而战。直到我遇到你。从此你成了我的一切：伴侣、情人、妻子和妹妹——
“是的，妹妹。每一次我吻你额头的时候，就会想起你之于我的另一种身份。
“请你原谅我多年来一直对你隐瞒了实情。那个女人，你唤作'母亲'的女人，事实上不仅是你的继母，安家两弟妹的母亲，同时也是我的母亲——是那个数十年前因为家贫被人贩子买走，从此下落不明的亲生母亲！
“我曾经暗自查访过她的下落，却因为她被转卖数次，终究无法查到——直到那一天，我跟随你回家，看到你把那一袋买你性命的金铢放在她的床。那一瞬，我认出了那个苍老的女人，也洞察了冥冥中一切的因果。你不能想象那一瞬间我的震惊，我是用了极大的意志力，才克制住了自己，没有当场和你们相认——因为那时候，我自己正处于一个极其危险的阴谋里，绝不能暴露任何事。
“但那个时候起，夜来，你对于我的意义便已经截然不同。
“对于一个拼了命在保护自己母亲的陌生少女，谁又怎能下得了杀手？——你是为了救我的母亲和弟妹，才出卖了自己的整个人生。而这些，本来是应该作为长子的我来做的！可这些年来我都做了一些什么呢？
“夜来……夜来。我无法再写下去了。时间已经不多。
“世事艰难，这些年我小心翼翼地守护着你和家人，希望能够平安地相守到死去。然而这只是奢望——我知道我们之间终须有一别，而这一刻就是现在。事实上，我应该更早地放你走，如果不是因为我的贪心和恐惧，你本来不该在客种龌龊的烟花地待那么久。
“十二铁卫是我最信任的属下，他们会带你去往最安全的地方。我已经做好了一切安排，能令你们一家人天涯团聚，从此平安——那是我最大的心愿。
“即便这样的天伦之乐，已经不会再有我的位置。
“请善待我的母亲和弟妹，但不要告诉他们我的存在——但愿他们只是一群普通人，过着我曾经拥有，如今却再也回不去的平庸安然的生活。
“夜来，好好的生活，好好的找了一人嫁了。远离那些野心勃勃的名利追逐者和勾心斗角的圈子——我和慕容隽这样的人其实都并不适合你，而你，也不应该和我们中的任何一人在一起，你应该拥有和你相配的人生和伴侣。
“如果某一天你还能见到清欢，请向他转达我的歉意：他曾经慎重地把你托付给我，可如今我自身难保，已不能实现那个承诺。他留给你的财富，足够保障你们一家人的毕生，而我，却更希望你能重新提起这把光剑，回到十年前那个断点上，把本来该属于你的人生延续下来——
“你本来就不应成为殷夜来，而该成为空桑的女剑圣安堇然。
“再见了。”
当女子握剑从船头一跃而下，掠过苍茫水面向着叶城方向疾奔时，远处的芦苇荡里有人发出了一声如释重负的叹息。穆先生隐身在长长的枯草里，望着殷夜来头也不回地奔向南方，眼里露出了雪亮的光芒。
果然，一切都如自己的计划。
她毕竟还是不能无动于衷——只是一封薄薄的信，就让重获自由的女人心甘情愿地离开阔别的家人，不惜一切返身回到了龙潭虎穴，为那个男人赴汤蹈火。这些女人，无论有着怎样的美貌和身手，毕竟都是太容易为感情冲昏头了啊……
穆先生挥了挥手，伏在青水两岸的人迅速撤退，追随殷夜来的方向而去。
在双方对垒，势均力敌局面错综复杂时，他们这一方需要走一步险棋。而殷夜来至今秘而不宣的身份和猝不及防的出现，或许会倾覆整个微妙摇晃中的天平——深宫险恶，诸方博弈，忽然出现在棋盘上的她，将她成为一颗谁都料想不到的“变子”。
既然白帅不愿携剑入宫，那么，自己便必须设法给他递上一把利剑！
这种手段当然见不得光，或许还会冒着擅自作主被斩首的危险。然而这个世界上，有光就有影，成就霸业，哪里只能靠一些光明正大的手段呢？而且，为了让白帅君临天下、成为云荒之主，这些小小的牺牲全都是微不足道的。
穆先生看着殷夜来运去的背影，忍不住叹了一口气。
“怎么，先生似乎有些难过？”旁边有人说了一句，芦苇簌簌分开，一只快艇撑了出来，舟上是一个年轻人，“您不是一向不喜欢这个女人么？”
“不，你错了，”穆先生摇了摇头，眼里掠过冷光，淡淡，“不能说我对她怀有任何私人的憎恶。不过我希望白帅能成为一个无懈可击、没有弱点的霸主——而只有把她除去，白帅才能成为真正的强者！”
“说到底，先生还是觉得这个女人是个祸害。不过骏音统领也不喜欢她。”那个在芦苇荡中驾舟接应的年轻人笑了一声，“我们都觉得这个女人太麻烦了，身处青楼却不知道安份守己——如果换了是统领，早就把这样爱惹事生非的女人给踹了。”
统领十万骁骑军的骏音将军是青族人，出身高贵，性格倜傥风流，洒脱不羁，是和沉默寡言的白帅完全相反的另一类人。昔年在西海上两人曾并肩和冰夷作战，结成了刎颈之交。后来骏音调回大陆执掌骁骑军，白墨宸则继续留在了西海前线。两人虽然从此分道扬镳，但骏音依旧对白帅推崇倍至。
独独在这一点上，他却持反对态度——男儿到死心如铁，为区区一介青楼女子羁绊，实在是辱没了天下名将的风范。
“是么？”穆先生笑了一笑：“我和你们统领真是听所见略同。”
“不过，”驾舟的年轻人看着殷夜来的背影，不自禁地露出一丝敬佩，“我还真没想到这个女人有那么好的身手！这真是太令人吃惊了。”
“每个人都有自己的秘密。她和白帅的事，并非外人能想象。”穆先生看着消失在天地间的那个女子背影，眼神中掠过微微的一丝悲凉，叹了口气，“不过，无论如何，骏音统领可以放心——她这一去，是不会再回来的了。”
“哦？”驾舟的年轻人微微一惊。
“她最近几年身体很差，已经不能像年轻时那样独闯龙潭虎穴。这一点，我估计她自己心里也很清楚。”穆先生叹了口气，喃喃，“这个女人对白帅居然是有真心的……想到这一点，我有点难过。”
“真心？”驾舟的年轻人愕然，“一个青楼女人……”
“阿芒，你还是太年轻了。”穆先生笑了一下，“还不了解男女之间的事。”
那个叫阿芒的年轻人有些不好意思，抓了抓头，嘀咕：“先生不也没老婆？”
“年轻的时候有过。父母帮忙娶的，很漂亮。”穆先生淡淡道，看着远处，“我们新婚不足一年，我就被上司充军西海——听说我离开不满半年她就有了新的相好，打掉了腹中属于我的孩子，跟人跑了。”
“……”阿芒说不出话来，神色有些尴尬。
作为骏音统领的贴身随从，多年来他和这位潜伏在叶城的白帅首席幕僚打过不少交道——在他的记忆里，这个老谋深算的青衣文士上知天文下知地理，多智近乎妖，城府极深，冷静缜密如一块铁板。今天忽然说出这些，是受了什么刺激了？
“后来呢？”他不知道怎么接对方的话，讷讷。
“后来？没有后来。”穆先生淡淡，“后来我就不再相信女人了。”
阿芒停顿了片刻，知道对方不愿意再说下去。但毕竟是年轻人，还是忍不住不知好歹地问了一句，“那……先生发迹后，她回来找你了么？”
“没有，”穆先生笑了一声，“覆水难收，她早已弃我如鄙履。反而是我去找过她。”
“……”阿芒抓了抓脑袋，不知说什么好，“那最后……”
“她死了。”穆先生冷冷回答，“连同那个奸夫。”
“什么？”年轻人失声。
“当然是我杀了他们。其实我不在意她红杏出墙，毕竟我从来不指望女人能忠贞可靠——但她不该杀了我的孩子！”穆先生冷冷，语气肃杀，“杀人要偿命，这是规矩。”
“……”阿亡愕然地看着这个冷峭清瘦的中年谋士，对方负手站在那里，一身青衣在江水上翻飞，如一只青色的孤独的老鹤——那一瞬，年轻人在他身上感觉到了一种可怕的力量，让人觉得心底森冷异常。
“我们中州人有一句古语：修身，齐家，治国，平天下。这是所有男人都渴望完成的人生目标。”穆先生忽然长长叹了口气，黯然，“我没有家。在这方面，实在是很失败啊……我没有白帅那么好的运气，我一生都没有遇到过肯为我出生入死的女人。”
他笑了一笑，低声：“如今我跳过了中间的那一步，只期待最后的结局——治国，平天下。白帅是我的恩人，我会竭尽全力地把他推上最高处，绝不能让任何人击倒他！”
这一句阿芒听得懂，眼里顿时也放出光来：“才！”
“返回西海的密使已经连夜出发，骁骑军那边是否已经开始秘密调集人手了？”感慨只发了一瞬，穆先生拂了拂衣襟，转身登舟，“我们的时间不多。白帅进京已经快一天了，估计帝都里那些人的耐心要耗尽了——快，我们立刻去和骏音统领会合！”
“是。”小舟上的年轻人肃然回答，抬起右手按住左肩，“骁骑军誓死效忠白帅！”
"Bury me on a high mountain,
望我故邦。
故邦不可见兮，
沧浪浩荡！
葬我于海波之上兮，
去彼云荒。
故国无处归兮，
永无或忘！
天莽莽兮海茫茫，
国有殇兮日无光。
魂归来兮，且莫彷徨！ "
在遥远的西海上，有歌咏如潮。那是一群素衣的人们，在面向大海的东方唱着挽歌，哀悼他们在海皇祭上被杀的同胞。一个穿着白色长袍的女子站在队伍的最前面，双手合起，垂下眼睛领着众人唱着挽歌，面容哀伤而沉默——
那是巫真织莺，元老院十巫之一。
数天前，消息传来，海皇祭后巫朗大人在叶城和镇国公慕容隽已经达成了重要的盟约。如此说来，最后一块拼图也已经拼上了，万事俱备，他们接下来只等冰锥一下水，所有计划便要立即启动。到时候一切如箭离弦，势如破竹。
她想着那些沉睡在地下的孩子们，心情复杂地摸了摸发髻。
她的发上插着一支精美的簪，打造成传统的婚庆式样，上面有龙凤等吉祥图案，是冰族人婚礼时用的结发簪子。实物其实是一套，一共十二支，银镀金，掐丝工艺，是刚收到的聘礼——她是个孤儿，所以羲铮父母送来聘礼的那一天，元老院除了秘密出使云荒的巫朗之外，所有长老都到场了，在供奉破军的大殿里见证了两个家族缔结婚约的一幕。
——三日后，她便要和羲铮成亲了。
很多人都为此感到高兴，包括双方的长辈和元老院，他们觉得这是族里两个最优秀年轻人的结合，在战火纷飞的年代里可以成为楷模和佳话。可是，她戴上那支结发簪，却觉得头顶上有刀仞的高山压下来，几乎令她无法呼吸。
“魂归来兮，且莫彷徨！”
在所有人都已经停止的时候，只有她的声音还在持续，清凉而恍惚。
祭奠结束的时候，她听到了头顶远远的轰鸣声，仿佛巨大的鸟类在盘旋飞舞——那是羲铮带着他的鲛人傀儡凝驾驶着风隼，在空明岛上空不断逡巡。随着冰锥制造的接近尾声，这几天的警备又加强了，听说连出入船坞的人都要经过三次的搜身，而望舒也已经处于基本被隔离的情况下，不能见任何人了。
她想着那一双明亮的眼睛，想着那个孩子气的少年，心里一阵绞痛。
“织莺？”忽然间，她听到了那个熟悉的威严的声音。
她惊觉回身，连忙行礼：“巫咸大人！”
须发苍白的老者手持权杖，穿过祈祷的人群来到她面前，眼神锐利而深远，看着脸色苍白惴惴不安的年轻女子——织莺出身于典型冰族家庭，从小受到正规严格的训导，一贯是个谦卑而隐忍的女子，随时准备为了沧流和民族牺牲一切。然而，最近随着婚期的临近，她神不守舍的频率也越来越高了。
是因为即将远行，还是因为那个少年呢？
“去看看望舒吧，”他忽然道，“你方才是不是想起了他？”
“……”织莺猛然一颤，脸色无法控制地变了一下，“我……”
“不要在我面前隐藏自己的心，织莺，”巫咸低沉地开口，“我是我的长辈，也是你领袖——望舒对我们非常重要，这些年多亏你一直照看着他。但你要始终记得，他是个异类，永远无法和我们真正的在一起。”
织莺咬着嘴唇，手指微微颤抖。
“望舒是一个为了战争而诞生的孩子，他存在意义就是如此，”巫咸的声音仿佛穿透了时间，“他无法成为一个普通的恋人、丈夫或者父亲。这一切你应该早已知道——你不该对他倾注了太多的感情，这非常危险。”
“我知道。”她终于轻声开口，“我一直知道。”
“真的么？”巫咸蹙眉。
“是的，”织莺抬起头，看着冰族最高的领袖，合起手，“我知道他的命运从出生时便已经注定，我只是希望在有生之年，他能活得开心一些。”
“他从没有'活'过。”巫咸叹了口气，“织莺，你的错误就在于此。”
她如遇雷击，一瞬间只觉得心底一片冰冷，说不出一句话。
“不过，我还是希望你能尽快去看看望舒。”巫咸陡然转了话锋，有些无奈，“听说他昨天忽然毫无预兆地又罢工了——谁都不知道他抽了什么风，居然扔下了组装到一半的冰锥，说不见到你就不继续工作。整整几千人都在等他。”
“……”织莺沉默着，不知道说什么好。
yesterday.那是她和羲铮秘密下聘的时间，他是怎么感应到的？
“去看看他吧，织莺，”巫咸拍了拍她的肩膀，语气不容抗辩，“你是唯一对他有控制力的人，让他赶紧把冰锥调试完毕，下水启航——我们的人已经部署好了一切，空桑那边马上就要起大乱了，冰锥必须带着神之手出动，绝不能被拖住了后腿。”
“是。”她终于低下头，轻轻应了一句。
即将远航的冰锥，此刻正停在一间一百丈长、五十丈高的巨大棚子里，仿佛一个银白色的巨大梭子悬在空中。
这间军工坊的船坞位于沉沙群岛最优良的港口古丹港内，吃水深度可以达到三百丈，西海上的飓风和海潮都无法影响，一向是靖海军团专用的军港，同时也是制造新船只的所在。为了制造冰锥，这里再度朝廷了扩建，容积扩大了三倍。
然而即便如此，此刻的船坞里还是显得拥挤不堪。
一块长达二十米的横板被吊了起来，铁索穿过棚顶的滑轮嘎吱响着，一直悬在半空，却无人理睬。工匠们不知所措地站着，面面相觑，不知道该将这一块横板拼装在哪个部分——不知道为何，巫即大人昨天忽然发起了脾气，拂袖而去，扔下了这个烂摊子。这一块被吊装到一半的横板，也只能这样颤巍巍地悬在那里