Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: Brothers with Jun Shishi

Changyi received the news from Xuanniao, and when he arrived at Guixu, it was already two days later. When Shaohao sent the message, he didn't mention the specific reason, but only asked him to come immediately.He thought something happened to A-Heng, so he galloped all the way, and when he arrived at Guixu, he saw a small boat floating on the peaceful surface of Guixu. The two people on the boat stood and sat one by one. Take a breath. Changyi jumped into the boat from Chongmingniao's back, and asked Ah Heng with a smile: "What happened, you are so anxious to ask me to come here?"

Ah Heng opened his mouth, but did not say a word, tears were already streaming down his face. Shaohao raised his hands, and with his spiritual power, the surface of the returning ruins in front of the boat slowly surged up, holding up a blue ice crystal coffin.In the coffin, Qingyang was lying quietly with his eyes closed, with a peaceful expression, but——no life. Chang Yiqiang smiled and said: "My spiritual power is not as good as yours, so don't use puppetry to tease me." "He is Qingyang." "Impossible! The eldest brother is Xuanyuan Qingyang, no one in this world can hurt him, even you can't defeat him." The blood on Chang Yi's face quickly faded, and he said stubbornly, "Impossible! How can you be with me? Are you kidding me like this?"

Ah Heng's tears flowed down, yes, he is Xuanyuan Qingyang, the coldest and most powerful Xuanyuan Qingyang in the world, how could he be dead? Seeing Ah Heng's appearance, Chang Yi knelt softly on the boat, staring blankly at her elder brother with a dull expression, neither crying nor moving. Shaohao became worried, the last time Changyi heard the news of Ah Heng's death, at least he was angry, but this time he didn't respond. "Changyi, Changyi, if you feel uncomfortable, cry." Changyi turned a deaf ear, holding the crystal coffin with his hand, and asked with a cold expression after a while, "Who? Who is it?"

Shaohao couldn't answer, who killed Qingyang?Is it Chi You, the Yellow Emperor, Yi Peng, or him? No one answered Chang Yi's question, he looked at Ah Heng and yelled, "Who the hell?" A-Heng's face was pale, she couldn't cry, she didn't dare to look at her brother at all.Chang Yi gradually understood, "It's Chi You?" "Father killed Yugong, but Chi You, he didn't want to kill elder brother... In order to save father, elder brother took Chi You's full blow." Ah Heng's heart was ashamed, so what's the use of explaining?Qingyang was indeed killed by Chi You.

Chang Yi looked up to the sky with tears in his eyes, but he just looked at the sky quietly until all the tears disappeared from his eyes.He still has a mother, a sister, he cannot be weak!At this moment, he really understood his eldest brother, who gave up his smile and weakness for them, and chose to be cold and strong. Chang Yi said calmly: "I have come all the way, it is full of news about Xuanyuan's great victory, and I have not heard that something happened to Xuanyuan Qingyang." Shaohao said: "At that time the situation was tense and Shennong's army was flustered. If Huang Di missed the opportunity to fight, he would have planned this battle for nothing. He wanted to lead the army to fight and left in a hurry. He only knew that Qingyang was seriously injured, but he didn't know that Qingyang was dead. "

Changyi's expression was sad, the eldest brother was seriously injured in order to save his father, but his father didn't even have time to stay for a while, is the world so important? "Brother is very powerful. Since he intends to save the father, he is naturally not unprepared. How could Chi You kill...kill brother with one blow?" Hearing Chang Yi's words, Ah Heng came to his senses, stared at Shaohao and asked, "Chi You has made great progress in supernatural power these years, but as long as it's not a surprise attack, it's impossible to kill you or elder brother with one blow!"

Shaohao looked sad and remained silent. Fear welled up in A-Heng's heart, and he asked sharply: "Brother and father said about poisonous water, but I didn't find any poison in my body, what's going on?" Shaohao didn't dare to face Ah Heng's gaze, he lowered his head to stare at Qingyang, and said awkwardly: "In order to protect himself, Qingyang planned to force Huangdi to abdicate, Huangdi was aware of Qingyang's intention, and gave him the poisonous water that Qingyang had prepared for him. Let Qingyang drink it. But in fact, Qingyang regretted it very quickly, and secretly replaced the poisonous water that he planned to drink for Huangdi, but he didn't know that Huangdi had already noticed everything and replaced the poisonous water before him. Put the poison on Qingyang. When he blocked Chi You's full-strength attack for the Yellow Emperor, he suddenly became poisoned, and his spiritual power was unsustainable..." Shaohao's voice was choked up, he couldn't continue, he took a deep breath, and then he continued. Said: "Since the Yellow Emperor noticed that Qingyang had a different heart, he sent Yipeng to monitor Qingyang day and night. It was Yipeng who was in charge of guarding the hall that day. He should know everything. He could report to Huangdi in time, but he didn't tell Huangdi anything. He killed Qingyang at the hands of the Yellow Emperor, so the culprit who killed Qingyang was not Chi You, but Yi Peng."

Chang Yi and Ah Heng were stunned, as if they hadn't figured out the vicious circle of I want to kill you and you want to kill me. After a while, Chang Yi asked in shock: "You mean elder brother wants to kill father with poison?" Shaohao hurriedly said: "No, the poison he poisoned will only make Huang Di inconvenient, unable to deal with the court affairs, and will definitely not kill him. Qingyang definitely doesn't want to kill Huang Di." Changyi asked: "Father's diet and daily life are taken care of by doctors, where does the eldest brother get the poison to avoid the inspection of all the doctors?"

Ah Heng reacted, her heart was filled with pain and anger, her eyes turned black, her body fell limp, Chang Yi hurriedly hugged her.Ah Heng waited for Shaohao, his lips opened and closed, but his face turned blue, his body trembled, and he couldn't speak a word. Shaohao caressed Qingyang's coffin, and said in a low voice: "You prepared the poison for me, but this matter has nothing to do with you, this is my decision with Qingyang." Chang Yi stared at Ah Heng in horror, "You, you... the poison you prepared?" "Ah—ah—" Ah Heng couldn't cry, and wailed heart-piercingly, slapping himself with both hands, wishing he could cut himself into pieces immediately.

Shaohao half-kneeled in front of her, grabbing her hard, "Heng, listen! It's my fault, it's all my fault! I overestimated myself and underestimated the Yellow Emperor! I misunderstood Qing Yang, thought he was like me! Ah Heng, it has nothing to do with you, nothing to do with you at all! You don't know anything, I lied to you!" Shaohao briefly explained the matter to Changyi, saying that he asked Ah Heng to prepare the poison for Yanlong, but he secretly gave it to Qingyang. Changyi stared at Shaohao, his eyes were red, and he raised his hand subconsciously. Shaohao knelt in front of Qingyang's coffin, "Hit if you want, kill if you want!" All along, Shaohao seemed calm, but in fact his pain was no less than that of Chang Yi and Ah Heng. He really hoped that Changyi would make a move.

Changyi swung his palm down and hit Shaohao hard. Shaohao didn't use half of his spiritual power to resist, blood oozes from the corner of his mouth, but he still knelt upright in front of Qingyang's coffin. Changyi raised his palm again. Seeing Qingyang in the crystal coffin with a peaceful expression, he couldn't fight no matter what, so he drew out his sword suddenly, "I'm going to kill Yi Peng!" A-Heng immediately grabbed him, and begged, "Fourth brother, don't be impulsive!" Chang Yi pushed A-Heng away forcefully, jumped onto the mount and was about to leave. Shaohao hastily turned around and jumped up, grabbed his sword edge, not caring about the blood on his palm, and said eagerly: "Changyi, you are the boss of the family now, you have to take up the responsibility of Qingyang, take good care of your mother and sister! " Changyi subconsciously looked at his eldest brother, and his strength gradually relaxed. Yes, he is the eldest son now, so he can no longer be impulsive. Only then did Shaohao let go of his sword, and said to Changyi: "If Qingyang is gone, the only one among your brothers who will inherit the throne is Yi Peng, and his power will grow stronger and stronger, and all officials will To help him, you not only have to be careful yourself, but also protect Luo Zu, and you must not make mistakes." Changyi is well aware of Yipeng's hatred, and if Yipeng succeeds to the throne, he will never let them go. Shaohao said: "I have a plan, I can restrain Yi Peng, and Qingyang has already agreed." Both A-Heng and Chang Yi looked at him, Shaohao said: "Only A-Heng and I know the properties of the poison, and Qingyang's supernatural power is so strong, Huang Di would definitely not believe that Chi You killed Qingyang with one blow. I sealed the news tightly, Except for the three of us, no one knows that Qingyang is dead." Shaohao emphasized his tone, "There is no need to let the world know." Ah Heng and Chang Yi understood Shao Hao's meaning, as long as Qing Yang is not dead, the courtiers will not stand on Yi Peng's side, this is the most effective way to restrain Yi Peng. Chang Yi still hesitated, Ah Heng said: "I agree!" Seeing that his sister agreed, Chang Yi also nodded. Shaohao said: "I will write a letter to the Yellow Emperor, saying that the doctor discovered that there is still poison in Qingyang's body, and the injury is very serious. He needs to retreat in Guixu to heal his injuries. At least one or two hundred years can be bought." Ah Heng asked: "What if the father sends someone to visit? Where can we find a big brother to show the king?" Shaohao pointed to the water in the ruins, "People in the world often say that the nine-tailed fox is the best at changing. In fact, there are things in the world that are better at changing than the nine-tailed fox. When water enters a round vessel, it becomes a circle, and when it enters a square vessel, it becomes a circle. Square shape; the water can turn into clouds, mist and rain in the sky, and turn into rivers into ice and frost in the ground; into our body, turn into blood and turn into life.” Shaohao turned into Qingyang, and his tone and demeanor were completely different, "Qingyang and I have known each other for more than two thousand years. Both of us practice water spirits, and the other party knows spells. When we were young, we would change our identities for fun. Everyone in the world knows that Shaohao forced back Shennong's 100,000 troops, but it was actually Qingyang and me." Changyi carefully examined Shaohao, and it was indeed Qingyang. Shaohao added: "If we get along day and night, there will definitely be flaws, but now that Qingyang is seriously injured, he can't act and speak at will, just take a look, I believe with my divine power, even the emperor himself can't see the flaws." Only then did Ah Heng truly understand Shaohao's promise to his elder brother, "From now on, I will be Qingyang" is not a comparison, but - he is Qingyang.The eldest brother understood what Shaohao meant, so he left with peace of mind. It seems that Shaohao's strategy is completely feasible, Ah Heng asked Changyi: "Do you want to tell mother the truth?" Chang Yi thought for a while and said, "No matter how painful we are, I'm afraid we won't have half the pain of our mother. When Yunze died, half of mother's heart died. When you died, the remaining half of mother's heart will also die. Dead, if I let her know that big brother is dead, I'm afraid..." Ah Heng nodded and stared at Shaohao with hatred in his eyes. After a while, he said sadly: "I will trouble you for everything from now on." Shaohao's expression was gloomy, he silently regained his true face, withdrew his spiritual power, the crystal coffin slowly descended, and brought Qingyang into the Guixu.Chang Yi and Ah Heng stood side by side, staring at the elder brother.After the eldest brother died, his remaining prestige was still protecting them. After Shaohao sent the letter to Huang Di, Huang Di sent Li Zhu, Ying Long and Chang Pu to accompany Luozu to Gaoxin to visit Qingyang. Qingyang is recuperating in the crystal cave at the bottom of Guixu to heal his wounds. Luozu stands outside the cave and stares at Qingyang, silent all the time. Ah Heng knew that Li Zhu was the Yellow Emperor's confidant, and kept secretly watching Li Zhu's expression, seeing that he had no doubts, his expression was very sad, and he kept comforting Luozu. Ying Long asked with concern: "What can I do for Your Highness?" Luozu forced a smile, and said: "Qingyang cultivates water spirits, and this is Guixu, the place where water spirits gather in the world, and the spiritual energy is very full. Now it just needs time to heal." Luozu still planned to stay for a few days, Li Zhu and Yinglong couldn't help much, and planned to go back to Xuanyuan to report Qingyang's condition to the Yellow Emperor. Before leaving, Ying Long deliberately came alone to bid farewell to Chang Yi. In a word, he knelt down first, and Chang Yi hurriedly helped him up.Ying Long said: "Please tell Your Majesty that I am already a pile of dead bones. If there is anything I can do my best in the future, please let me know." Changyi hurriedly thanked him.After Ying Long left, he talked to Ah Heng about this matter, Ah Heng said: "There must be more than one courtier like Ying Long in the court, this is why Shaohao wanted eldest brother to live, as long as elder brother is here, they will never I will not rely on Yi Peng." More than ten days later, Ah Heng, Chang Yi, and Chang Pu accompanied Luo Zu back to Xuanyuan Mountain.After arriving at Chaoyun Peak, I found that the formerly deserted Chaoyun Palace was very lively. When they entered the hall, the third concubine Tongyu was looking around accompanied by a group of maidservants, commenting that the place was too simple, and saying that the color was wrong. Zhuyu frantically followed behind Tong Yushi, and walked to an alcove, Tong Yu suddenly picked up a boxy jade box on the alcove, "What kind of crap is this, it's too inconvenient to put here!" Zhuyu shouted anxiously: "Don't touch it!" Tongyu asked angrily: "Who are you talking to? Slap your mouth!" Two burly maids grabbed Zhuyu and began to slap them. Zhuyu didn't dare to resist, so she could only plead: "His Royal Highness has ordered that no one is allowed to touch the jade box here." Tongyu smiled, "Oh? Really?" She threw the jade box on the ground, the jade box cracked open, and a charred human bone fragment fell out. Tong Yushi smiled coldly, gritted his teeth, and was about to step on it. "What are you doing here?" Tongyu raised her head when she heard the sound, and Luo Zu walked into the gate of the palace, seeing the bones under her feet, her expression changed drastically. Changyi suppressed his anger and saluted Tongyu, "Please be careful, Ma'am, it's my brother's bones." Tongyu's face was full of apology, "Oh, I don't know, I'm really sorry." She hurriedly dodged, but her foot was tripped by her skirt, her body shook a few times, she didn't dodge, she just stepped on the bone, The scorched black bones were trampled into several pieces. Tong Yushi panicked and said: "This, this... oh, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry. I said I shouldn't have come up, but Yi Peng has just been named a general because of his meritorious service in battle, and the Yellow Emperor knows that I have always liked Chaoyun. The scenery of the peak, so I must be rewarded for walking around." Tongyu grabbed the broken bones on the ground, and stretched his hands towards Luozu, "Sister, I'm really sorry." Luozu's face turned blue and her body was on the verge of falling, so Chang Pu hurriedly supported her. Although Chang Yi was sad and angry, he was not good at words, he was so angry that he couldn't say a word, he just stretched out his hand to draw his sword. A-Heng held down her brother's hand, stood in front of her mother, spread out a silk handkerchief, and carefully took over the charred bones. Tong Yushi sighed: "Hey! It's so pitiful! There are only a few scorched bones for a tall and lively man." A-Heng said with a smile: "Yeah, you are probably the only one who can understand our pain, after all, the third brother was also burned to death, and there is not even a trace of corpse left behind!" Tongyu's complexion changed drastically, and she couldn't laugh anymore, she stared at A-Heng viciously, A-Heng smiled at her, not giving in at all. Tongyu looked up at Luozu, and said grimly, "God heard my curse, just wait and see!" Luozu's face was pale and he passed out.Tong Yushi led a group of palace people and left Chaoyun Palace in a mighty way. After Luo Zu woke up, his expression was filled with grief, Ah Heng wanted to ask something but he didn't dare to ask.The jade box in the corner of the alcove had been stored for thousands of years, but she had never paid attention to it, and only now did she know that it was her brother's bones. With disheveled hair, Zhuyu hurried to find a crystal box, and Ah Heng put the bone wrapped in the handkerchief into the box.Seeing that they were silent, Zhuyu comforted her, "When His Highness recovers from his injuries, he will naturally settle accounts with that stinky woman. Don't be angry." Chang Yi and Ah Heng's tears almost fell down, the big brother who protected them everywhere will never appear again.For the first time, Ah Heng understood why her eldest brother always reprimanded her for not cultivating well, why didn't she understand his painstaking efforts earlier? Luozu said to the surrounding maids: "You all go down, let our family stay alone for a while." Zhuyu wanted to go down, Luozu said: "You stay. From now on you...you will be the same as Chang Pu." "Oh!" Zhuyu hurriedly sat down again, giggling and scratching at her disheveled hair.Both Ah Heng and Chang Yi were sad and did not pay attention to what Luo Zu said, but Chang Pu took a deep look at Zhu Yu. Luo Zu told Ah Heng: "Give me the box." Ah Heng held the box to his mother, Luo Zu opened the box, and stroked the broken bones with his fingers, "You must be wondering who this is and why he became like this, this story is very long, I have to start from the beginning." Changyi said: "Mom, you are tired, let's talk about it another day!" "Listen, too. You only know that this is Yunze, but you don't know why things are like this." Seeing his mother's resolute attitude, Chang Yi could only respond: "Yes." Luozu thought for a while, and said: "That happened many, many years ago, so long ago that I can hardly remember it. My father was still alive at that time, and the Xiling family was a famous family in ancient times. Dahuang is known as the "Four Great Families", and the strength of the Xiling family is only second to the Chishui family. There was a Yan queen in our ancestors. Weaving a brocade that is more beautiful than Yunxia, ​​I was famous all over the world, and I was called the "Wonderful Girl of Xiling" by the world, and all families came to propose marriage. I was proud and self-willed at that time, with eyes on the top of my head, and no one looked down on me , sneaked out of the house, and played with two friends. We sworn brothers and sisters, ate wine and fought, made trouble, played chivalry, and did everything." Luozu's eyes had a joy they had never seen before, which made Changyi realize for the first time that his mother was once young.A-Heng thought of hundreds of years ago, the old man on the top of Xiaoyue told this story with a smile like this. "One day, the three of us passed under Xuanyuan Mountain, and I saw a handsome young man standing in the middle of the crowd, smiling slightly, but it was like a dazzling sun that dimmed everything else." Chang Pu asked in a low voice: "Is it the father?" Luo Zu nodded, his eyes were full of desolation, "I was pampered by my parents since I was a child, as long as I could get everything I wanted, I thought this boy would be like other boys, falling in love with me when he saw me. On a moonlit night, I secretly I slipped to find the boy and confessed my love to him, but he refused, saying that he already had a girl he liked. On a moonlit night, I ran away in shame and indignation, and continued to wander with my companions as if nothing had happened, but I Every night I think about that boy, the more I can’t get it, the more I want it. Then one day, I looked at the sunset, and suddenly made up my mind that I must get him! I’m a Xiling snail, how can I get it? Can't find the man I want? I left my companion and went to find that boy." Luo Zu glanced at her children, "That proud and willful Xiling Luo doesn't know what is precious in life, but she doesn't know that what she left behind without hesitation is the most cherished." Chang Yi, Chang Pu.Ah Heng didn't say a word, only Zhuyu was simple-minded and asked enthusiastically: "What happened later? How did you defeat your rival in love later?" Luo Zu was silent for a long time before saying: "I found the young man and stayed in the Xuanyuan clan as his friend. I know he is a man with great ambitions, and he is not willing to be the patriarch of a small god clan, so I do my best to help him. He realized his ambition. After all, I am a woman from a famous family, and I was even trained according to the standards of the future Yanhou. I know how to distribute land reasonably, how to formulate taxes, and how to manage slaves. I teach the women of the Xuanyuan clan to raise silkworms and weave Bu, analyze the situation in the world with him, and tell him that the more intense the battle between Emperor Yan and Emperor Jun, the more opportunities he has... Anyway, as long as it is what he needs, I will help him wholeheartedly. Give him these. As the days went by, we became closer and closer, and we talked about everything. One day, he suddenly asked me who I was. It’s impossible for ordinary women to know so much. I told him my name is Xilingluo, and he was surprised. Can't even tell." Luozu tilted his head, and there was a faint charm under his gloomy and gray face, as if recalling that day, "At that time, the reputation of Xilingluo was like that of Shaohao and Qingyang now, maybe some people don't know what Yandi is. Who it is, but no one knows Xilingluo. The Xuanyuan clan urgently needs a bridge, so I naturally agreed immediately. Before we got married, a woman came to me and told me that she, she...was pregnant." Luo Zu looked in a trance and sad, and there was only breath-holding silence in the room. "She cried and begged me, saying that she already had a child, and begged me not to rob her of her husband. She said, 'You are a Xiling snail, and every man in the world wants to marry you, but I only have him. Please give him back. Me'. She didn't know that no matter how many men there are in the world, I just want to marry him. I refused the woman's request. She cried and begged me to allow her to be a concubine for the sake of the child, otherwise she couldn't Up and down the child, her father and brother would kill her and the child, and I refused her request. I am a Xiling snail! How could it be possible for another woman to give birth to my husband's child as soon as we got married? The whole world will laugh at me , my father and family can’t afford to be ashamed of this! My father promised the marriage very reluctantly. If he knew this, he would definitely regret the marriage. I chased that woman away, treated all this as a nightmare, and pretended that nothing happened I held a grand wedding. After I got married, I saw that woman again. She blocked my car and walked up to me holding a piece of blood-soaked sackcloth unsteadily. Dry meat, she said to me: 'I swear by the flesh and blood of my son, I will kill you all, and let you taste the pain of bereavement!'” Chang Yi and Ah Heng had already guessed who this woman was, and a chill rose in their hearts, Luo Zu's face turned pale, Chang Pu softly persuaded: "Mother, please rest for a while." Luozu shook his head, "The woman left after she finished speaking. After hundreds of years, I gradually forgot about this woman. Your father and I are very affectionate. We are husband and wife when we get off the mount, and we are comrades in arms when we get on the mount. Working together and fighting side by side, the Xiling tribe fought bravely for me in battle after battle. The number of people became smaller and smaller, and gradually declined, but the Xuanyuan tribe changed from a little-known little god tribe to a wilderness. I have two sons——Qingyang and Yunze. The most sensible one is Yunze. He saw that Qingyang's son was loose and didn't like fighting. He took the initiative to assume the responsibility of the eldest son and followed you every day. By my father's side, I work hard on the saddle." Luozu looked tired, Zhuyu gave her a cup of tea, Luozu drank a few sips of tea, rested for a while, and then said: "As the power of the Xuanyuan clan grows stronger and stronger, Xuanyuan is going to build a country, your father told me He wants to canonize a concubine, the daughter of the patriarch of the Fang Lei clan. He asked me to understand that in order to successfully establish the country, he must obtain the support of the Fang Lei clan. I have no way to object, and I have no ability to object. Qingyang quarreled with me about this matter , muttering to find his father to discuss, Yunze learned to deal with political affairs since he was a child, he is much more sensible than Qingyang, he persuaded Qingyang. Fortunately, after Fang Lei entered the palace, your father only treated him politely I was not overly favored, and I breathed a sigh of relief. Soon after, I became pregnant again, immersed in the joy of being a mother again. One day, Huang Di led a pregnant woman to me and told me to Accepting her as a concubine, that woman looked at me and smiled, but I was terrified. She, she... is the girl who prayed to me and cursed me a thousand years ago, that is, the Tongyu clan who left Chaoyun Palace just now .” Zhuyu screamed "Ah", even though Chang Yi and Ah Heng had already guessed it, they still had chills down their spines. Luo Zu said: "More than two years later, Xuanyuan Hui, the third prince of the Xuanyuan family, was born. Although he was not the first son of the Yellow Emperor, he was the first born prince of the Xuanyuan Kingdom. The Yellow Emperor was very happy and ordered the whole country to celebrate. That At that time, I still couldn't see through it, and I still didn't understand what was the most important thing, and I actually got pregnant because of this matter, which caused Changyi to give birth prematurely. Changyi has been weak since she was a child, and her spiritual power is not high. It's my mother who is sorry for you!" Chang realized that at that time, Xuanyuan was celebrating the arrival of the third prince throughout the country, and his mother went to stay alone in the deserted Chaoyun Palace, and said sadly: "Mother, this is your fault again, don't blame yourself anymore." Luozu said: "At that time, I was unwilling, jealous, and fearful. I encouraged Yunze to try his best to please the Yellow Emperor. In fact, Yunze understood the situation better than me. He often advised me that everything in the world can be fought. A man's heart cannot be won, even if he wins, he has to pay more than he gets, but I can't see through it, I can't always forget the false love of the previous millennium, then... and then..." Luozu raised his head, they He couldn't see Luo Zu's face, but he saw tears dripping from his jaw. "Xuanyuan was fighting with the Dian people in the southwest, your father was going to send Qingyang to fight, Yunze knew that Qingyang was most annoyed by these things, so he took the initiative to invite Ying, your father asked Yunze to take him with him in order to train Xuanyuan Hui. Ze was victorious on the battlefield, the king of Dian surrendered, but when he accepted the surrender, he turned his back on what he said, and turmoil broke out. There are many volcanoes in Dian, and Xuanyuan Hui said that Yunze accidentally fell into the crater when he led his troops to break through. Qingyang didn't believe it, and found Yunze's bones said that Xuanyuanhui killed Yunze, and asked Huangdi to investigate thoroughly. Huangdi sent heavy troops to guard the Zhiyue Hall, and forbade Qingyang from approaching Xuanyuanhui. Qingyang forced his way into the Zhiyue Hall and injured Xuanyuanhui. The Yellow Emperor ordered Qingyang to be imprisoned in quicksand where there was no water, and he was imprisoned for half a year until Qingyang admitted his mistake. When Qingyang came out, he was skinny and boneless, not in human form." When Luozu said this, he was already sobbing. Changyi said: "Mother, let me tell Ah Heng about the rest. After the eldest brother was released from the quicksand formation, his temperament changed drastically. He no longer wandered around, but returned to Xuanyuan Kingdom, and behaved properly as Xuanyuan Qing." Xuanyuan Qingyang's reputation is getting bigger and bigger, and Gao Xin Shaohao, who has long been famous, is called "Two Heroes of the World, North Qingyang, and South Shaohao" by the people of Dahuang." Luozu said: "After Yunze died, I really saw the man who couldn't let go for so many years. I abandoned the exquisite jade hairpin and took off the beautiful dress. I just want to be a mother and protect my children. But God seems to have not given me a chance. Maybe when I cruelly let that child die without seeing the light of day, all the consequences were already doomed, but I did it all! I did all the wrong things Ah! Why should retribution be upon my children..." Luo Zu wept bitterly, as if he was crazy. Changyi held Luozu's hand with both hands, and injected spiritual power into his mother's body, and Luozu fell into a coma. Zhuyu said dissatisfiedly: "Ms. Tongyu is too much. If I were her, the person I would hate the most would be Huang Di, who failed the two girls! Huang Di betrayed his childhood sweetheart for the sake of the world, won the world, and began to anger the queen again." Let her die lover and child..." Chang Pu tugged on Zhuyu's sleeve, signaling her not to say any more, no matter right or wrong, it's all the entanglement of the previous generation, Chang Yi and Ah Heng are after all the children of the Yellow Emperor. Chang Yi asked Chang Pu to be the son and daughter of the Yellow Emperor after all. Chang Yi asks Chang Pu and Zhu Yu to send Luo Zu to rest in the bedroom. Chang Yi said to A-Heng: "Mother's mind is in a mess, if Tong Yu's quarrels a few more times, I'm afraid she will completely collapse. What should we do now?" A-Heng picked up the box and stared at the bones in the box. It was hard to believe that the life that was once alive had turned into only a few pieces of scorched bones, "What kind of person is Second Brother?" Changyi's eyes were red, "Since I can remember, the second brother has been as busy as the elder brother in your memory. I rarely see him, but I often follow the fiefdom that the elder brother chose for me, because Ruoshui is located in a remote place, and the folk customs are still old. Uncivilized, in the eyes of everyone, it is a poor place, no one wants to go, but the second brother asked me to write a letter, begging for Feng Ruoshui. If the second brother hadn't placed me in such a remote place, maybe I would have... ...", Ah Heng blamed himself all over his face, and said painfully: "I once scolded my elder brother because of Xuanyuan Hui's death. Why didn't you tell me about my second elder brother?" Changyi said tearfully, "Brother won't take it to heart." At first he wished he could kill Yipeng immediately, but now that he understood the cause and effect, his hatred turned into helpless sadness, "I want to write a letter to my father, begging My father allowed me to take my mother to Ruoshui to take care of her, and the Tongyu family wants the Chaoyun Palace, so let's give her the Chaoyun Palace!" Ah Heng shook his head, "Isn't Ruoshui the father's territory? The tree wants to be quiet but the wind doesn't stop, so what's the use? If the Tongyu family really lives in the Chaoyun Palace, it's useless for us to hide in the sky." "Could it be that this is really a knot? Although the Tongyu family is hateful, it is also pitiful." Ah Heng said: "I also know that Tongyu is very pitiful, but even if the mess is entangled together, it will not be untied, let alone the bones of relatives overlapped together? By now there is no right or wrong, but you can only die." Fang Xiu." Chang Yi remained silent, Ah Heng was most worried about fourth brother's kindness, and told him: "Fourth brother, sooner or later Yi Peng will extend his claws to you, you must be careful." The old nanny who watched Chang Yi and Ah Heng grow up came in with a plate of ice mulberries, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that His Highness is not here, there are no fresh ones, the taste must be much worse, let's make do with it." Chang Yi and Ah Heng picked up a bunch of ice mulberries and put them in their mouths, the taste that should have been sweet and sour turned into bitter.For the first time, they discovered that for so many years, as long as the eldest brother was there, every time they went back to Xuanyuan Mountain, they would eat the freshest ice berries, regardless of any season. They spared no effort to expend their spiritual power to make the mountains covered with snow, even just for a few fresh ice berries, but they only saw the indifference and sternness of the elder brother, and they never noticed the considerate care of the elder brother under the indifference and sternness. Changyi stared at Ah Heng, and said word by word: "Chi You was not responsible for the death of elder brother, but after all, he killed elder brother with his own hands. Mother will never allow you to be with him!" Ah Heng's tears welled up in his eyes, "What about you? You once said you would bless us." Changyi swallowed bitterness in his mouth, stood up, walked out, and said in a low voice: "I will not seek revenge from him, but I also have no way to bless the person who killed the elder brother. He is not dead, I never want to see him, if you want to be with him, never come to see me!" A-Heng was holding a bunch of ice berries in her hand, tears were rolling in her eyes, and she was about to fall, but now, her mother is sick and her fourth brother is kind, she can no longer be the one who can laugh when she wants to, and laugh when she wants to. A woman who cries and cries. Gritting her teeth tightly, none of the tears fell, but the ice berries were pinched and crushed, and the purple juice oozed from the fingers, flowing like fresh blood. After the tears in his eyes dissipated, Ah Heng stood up and went to visit his mother. In the dormitory, the queen mother was sleeping, Chang Pu and Zhuyu were guarding the side of the couch, Zhuyu's hair was still messed up, Ah Heng said: "I'll stay with mother, you go and rest." "That's fine, call us when you have something to do." Chang Pu dragged the dogwood outside the hall, sat under the phoenix tree, took out a Ruomu comb, and combed the dogwood's hair while talking in a low voice. "How long have you been with Big Brother?" "I don't know, I only know for a long time, longer than I know." "How could it be longer than you know?" "Once I saw a human woman who wanted to hang herself because of her husband's death. I couldn't figure it out. Shaohao teased me, saying that I was a rotten tree. Of course I don't know the feeling of sadness and heartache. He kept asking, and he finally told me that I was originally a rotten dogwood plant, dying of life, but because he made a joke with His Highness, His Highness put me in his arms, and I actually became alive through His Highness's aura Consciousness, and later cultivated into a human form, doesn't that mean I followed His Highness before I knew it?" "Have you met the second brother Yunze?" "I haven't seen him, but I know him. At that time, I was still a piece of wood, and I could only hear the voices from the outside world. I heard Yunze grow up a little bit, and I heard him...he died. I was In His Majesty's arms, I can feel his sadness all the time, and I really want to comfort him, but I can't move, I can't even say a word, then, later... I was anxious, and suddenly one day It turned into a human being. At that time, His Highness was sleeping, and I suddenly appeared on his couch, and I surprised His Highness, so scared that His Highness jumped directly from the couch to the ground, his face turned blue, His Highness How timid..." Zhuyu laughed loudly as she said. The ancestor of the Ruoshui tribe was Shenmu Ruomu, and he knew a lot about wood demons. Chang Pu asked hesitantly, "Did you have no clothes at that time?" "Clothes? Oh... Later, His Highness lent me his own clothes." Chang Pu looked at Zhuyu's innocence, the phrase "Brother didn't jump down from the bed because of fear" was finally silent, thinking that the always indifferent elder brother would actually "jump up from fright", he couldn't help showing a smile on the corner of his mouth , the smile has not completely dissipated, and it has turned into sadness, "Then you have been following big brother since then?" Zhuyu pursed her lips and became depressed, "Oh! Although I can speak and move, I am so stupid. Your Highness is very annoyed, and wants to drive me away several times." "Then how can you stay? Once the eldest brother makes a decision, it is very difficult to change." "I don't know. At that time, my spiritual power was not stable. Whenever I was nervous, I would turn back into wood. Every time he drove me away, I would turn back into wood. His Highness was so angry that he warned me that if I turned back into wood , just set me on fire, I really want to listen to his words, not to make him angry, not to be a log, so I worked very hard, only half of my body turned back to a log, I didn't expect His Highness to be even more angry, saying you Might as well turn everything into wood..." Hearing their conversation, A-Heng walked to the window unknowingly, and listened intently, only hoping that Zhuyu would say more, but she never really understood her elder brother, who was always guarding behind her. Such a long hundreds of years, she has been curious about the outside world in a hurry, why has she never cared about the elder brother beside her?Is it because family love is so easy to get, that she never thought of losing it?为什么只有在失去后，她才知道自己有多爱大哥呢？ 自冰月自尽后，诺奈就终日抱着酒坛子，昏醉不醒。 炎帝榆罔惨死的消息传到高辛，惊醒了宿醉的诺奈。他连夜赶往神农，可到了神农山下，到处戒严，他又不方便表明身份去见云桑，正无计可使的时候，忽然想起当年自己私下约见蚩尤，蚩尤让他在草凹岭等候，后来他才知道草凹岭被前代炎帝列为禁地，不允许任何人靠近，所以也没有侍卫守护。 诺奈琢磨着也许能从草凹岭找到一条通往小月顶的小路，于是悄悄潜入两人草凹岭。 山崖顶端的茅屋仍在，隐隐透出一点亮光。诺奈心中一喜快步上前，从窗户外看进去，只见沐槿身披麻衣，手中举着一颗东海夜明珠，一边走动，一边仔细凝视屋子里的每个角落，手从榻上、案上轻轻抚过，脸颊上泪痕斑斑，眼中柔情无限。 沐槿坐到榻上，拿起一件蚩尤的旧衣，贴在脸旁，忍不住失声痛哭。“蚩尤，你究竟是死是生？为什么我派人找遍了大荒都不找不到你的下落？即使你真死了，也让我看一眼你的尸骨啊。” 诺奈心下凄凉，根据他听闻的消息，神农、轩辕，甚至高辛都在寻找蚩尤，找到现在都没有任何消息。蚩尤只怕已死，他冰冷的尸骨可能感知沐槿脸上滚烫的泪？ 诺奈在外面站了半响，沐槿一直捧着蚩尤的衣服低声哭泣。他轻轻敲了下窗户，“死者已矣，生者节哀。” 沐槿霍然抬头，见是他，柳眉倒竖，“你个负心贼还敢来神农山？我这就杀了你为云桑姐姐出口恶气！”一道七彩霞练飞出窗户，缠到诺奈脖子上，诺奈不言不动，脸色渐渐发青。 眼见诺奈就要昏死，沐槿手一扬，霞练飞回，恼恨地问：“为什么不还手？难道你真是跑来送死的？那你也应该去云桑姐姐面前求死，你辜负的是云桑，不是我！” 诺奈行礼，“求王姬设法让我与云桑见一面，不管生死，都听云桑处置。” “你早干嘛去了？你以为云桑姐姐如今还有精力理会你吗？” 诺奈默不作声，眼神却是说不出的哀伤，绵绵不绝，比起出声请求，更有一种难言的力量。 沐槿狠狠瞪了诺奈一眼，“我带你走一趟吧。”云桑在她面前一直是最坚强的大家，从不表露丝毫软弱，可她知道云桑心里很苦，也许这个负心汉能给云桑一点点慰藉。 小月顶上，夜风袭来，吹得林木发出呜呜咽咽的萧索悲鸣。 毛竹屋内，几截正在开花的影木（注：影木，《拾遗记》中记载的植物，白天一叶百影，晚上花朵可以发光，犹如星星。）挂在屋梁上，每朵花都发出幽幽寒光，犹如漫天繁星，照亮着屋子中央摆着一具棺材，棺内躺着一个身穿帝王华服的尸体，却没有头颅。 云桑头戴荆钗，穿着麻衣，跪坐在席子上，在影木的寒光下雕刻着一块建木，五官已经略具形状，看上去很像榆罔。 她听到脚步声，停止了雕琢，看向门外。 沐槿领着一个男子悄悄过来，男子身材干瘦，神情哀伤，却难掩五官的清逸，正是与云桑曾有婚约的诺奈。 沐槿对诺奈低声说：“云桑姐姐就在屋内，我在外面守着。如果有人来，我就大声说话，你赶紧躲避。” “多谢四王姬。” 诺奈迎着云桑的目光，走进了屋内，千言万语涌到了嘴边，却一句话都说不出来。 云桑对他的到来没有丝毫意外，笑着点了点头，“请坐。” 诺奈跪坐了下来，云桑凝视着榆罔的头像，“你来得正好，眼睛和鼻子这里我总雕不好，你的手艺冠绝天下，能帮我一下吗？” 诺奈接过刀子，想要雕刻，却发现因为终日酗酒，手竟然不再稳若磐石，不受控制地轻轻颤抖。越是紧张，越是想要做好，越是抖个不停。 诺奈正又羞有愧，云桑握住了他的手，不知道是她源源传来的灵力，还是她手掌间的温柔坚定，他的手渐渐地不再颤抖，两个人一起把最难雕刻的眼睛和鼻子雕刻得栩栩如生，就好似榆罔复生，真的凝视着他们。 诺奈看向云桑，满面愧疚，“云桑……” “不要在酗酒了。”云桑温柔地看着他，眼睛内没有一丝责怪，有的只是理解和宽容。 诺奈鼻子发涩，“好！” 云桑微微而笑，“你的心意我已明白，神农如今的形势，不方便留客，你回去吧！” “你呢？你怎么办？” “我？我是神农的长王姬，神农国在哪里，我就在哪里。”云桑的肩膀很瘦弱，语气却异常的平稳坚定。 诺奈猛地抓住了她的手，“跟我走！还记得凹凸馆里的水影吗？我不做诺奈，你不做云桑，我们不要身份，不要地位，什么都不要，就做我们自己！天下之大，总有一块只属于我们自己的地方！” 云桑凝视着诺奈，眼中渐渐有了蒙蒙泪光，半响后，说道：“听说冰月悬尸自在城楼的消息后，我知道，你作为高辛羲和部的大将军诺奈，不可能再娶我这个异族的王姬了！可是，我以为那个设计出了水凹石凸的男儿会明白一切，能看见本心，迟早来找我。我等着他，日日夜夜地等着他，一直等着他来找我，来告诉我，'诺奈不能娶云桑了，但我来了，你愿意放弃一切，背负骂名，跟我私奔吗？'我会紧紧抓住他的手，告诉他，'让诺奈和云桑被世人咒骂唾弃去吧！'跟随着他去海角天涯。我等了一天又一天，一夜又一夜，等得我眼里和心里长满了荒草，你却一直没有来！” 诺奈神色凄伤，他害怕一睁眼就看见冰月的尸体，害怕看见云桑的泪眼，所以他一天又一天，一夜又一夜地沉睡在酒坛子中，嫌一般的酒不够迷醉，甚至特意搜寻玉红草酒（注：玉红草，《尸子》中记载的植物，人食用后，要醉三百年，“昆仑之婿，玉红之草生焉，食其一实而醉，卧三百岁而后寤”。），来麻痹自己。直到榆罔的死讯传来，他才猛然惊醒。 他紧紧握着云桑的手，“云桑，我现在来了！” 云桑慢慢地抽出了手，凝视着榆罔的头像，一行珠泪从她的睫毛坠落，沿着脸颊缓缓滑下，“你来迟了！” 诺奈凄惘的神情中透出几分坚定，“我答应要为你再盖一个凹凸棺，只要水未枯、石未烂，永远都不会迟！” “我现在是神农的长王姬云桑，神农百姓的依靠，我不可能跟一个背信弃义的高辛将军走。” 诺奈急切地说：“云桑，你忘记你发的毒誓了吗？不得再干预朝政，否则尸骨无存！” 云桑含笑看向诺奈，却不知道自己的眼角仍有清泪，迎着影木的寒光，犹如一颗颗珍珠，刺痛着诺奈的双眸，“将军回去吧，我还有很多事情要料理。” 诺奈凝视着云桑——这个他又敬又爱的女子，他的目光仍旧眷恋地不肯挪开，可他的心一清二楚，他再不可能拥有她，他的确来晚了！ “云桑，你不能……” “请放心，我会保重自己，神农山上有我的父母弟妹，神农山下有我的子民，我不敢不保重自己。”云桑说完，再不看诺奈一眼，凝视着榆罔的头像，扬声叫道：“沐槿，护送将军下山。” 沐槿大步走来，直接拽起了诺奈，连推带拉地把他弄出了屋子，对他道：“王姬是什么性子，将军应该一清二楚，只要你伸出手，她就能放弃一切，跟随你去天涯海角。可是，她等了你无数个日日夜夜，你却懦弱地躲在酒坛子里，等得王姬心如死灰，你配不上云桑姐姐！如今……”沐槿眼中有了泪花，“你若真关心王姬，就永不要再来打扰她！” 诺奈摇摇晃晃地走下了神农山，漆黑夜色中，听到琴声徐徐而起：魂兮、魂兮、归来！ 凄凉哀婉的琴音是云桑在为弟弟引路，希望失去头颅的弟弟能循着琴音找到自己的家，让心安歇。 诺奈恍恍惚惚地飞向高辛，却不知道再有谁肯为他弹奏一曲，指明他心所能安歇的方向、 回到府邸，诺奈走进屋中，看着已经落满灰尘的梧桐琴，这是他为云桑做的琴。 朝朝暮暮、晨晨昏昏，云桑曾无数次为他抚琴，似乎房间内仍有她的欢声笑语，廊下仍有她的衣香鬓影。 诺奈的手轻轻拨过琴弦，断断续续的清响，哀伤不成曲调。 几个侍者低着头走进来，手中捧着酒壶，诺奈嗅到酒香，随手拿起，刚刚凑到嘴边，突然想起云桑的话，立即用力把酒瓶扔向窗外。侍者们吓得全跪在地上，诺奈跌跌撞撞地把所有侍者手中的酒坛都砸向窗外，“把府里的酒全都砸了，全部砸了！” 侍者们连滚带爬地往外逃，少昊走进屋子，看到满地砸碎的酒坛，“你终于醒了。” 诺奈垂头而坐，“可是已经迟了！” 少昊做到他对面，看着诺奈的手指摩挲着梧桐琴上的两行小字——云映凹晶池，桑绿凸碧山。暗藏了“云桑”的名字，又描绘了他们初次相逢的场景，还用云映池、桑绿山表达了他对云桑的情意。 少昊一声长叹，“曾让我惊叹才华品性的诺奈哪里去了？” 诺奈无动于衷，有口无心地说：“诺奈辜负了殿下的期望。” “你那么聪颖，难道没有想过为什么黄帝能那么容易暗杀榆罔？” 这句话终于吸引了诺奈的注意，他看向少昊，边思索边说：“黄帝亲手杀了榆罔，可以大振轩辕的士气，瓦解神农的斗志，可除非清楚知道榆罔身在何处，身边的侍卫力量，否则不值得亲自冒险去杀榆罔。” “黄帝的性子谨慎小心，一旦行动，务必一击必中，只怕连榆罔御驾亲征都是黄帝一手策划，就是为了暗杀榆罔。” 诺奈的神色渐渐凝重，“神农国内有身居高位的内奸！” 少昊点点头，诺奈眼中有了担忧，云桑可知道？ “诺奈，我有一事想要托付给你，此事既有利于神农，也有利于高辛。” “臣愚钝，想不到何事既有利于神农，也有利于高辛。” “我本来认为凭神农的雄厚国力，黄帝和神农的战争要持续很多年，我有时间改革整治高辛。即使最终黄帝攻打神农，也要损兵折将，元气大伤，我就可以从容应对黄帝。可没有想到黄帝里应外合。出此奇计，竟然一举瓦解了神农。黄帝若顺利灭了神农，下一个就是我们高辛，到那时，哀鸿遍野，我和宴龙、中容之间，高辛四部的争斗都会显得可笑荒谬。” 诺奈神情肃穆，眼中透出坚毅，“陛下不是榆罔，我们这些将士绝不会让轩辕大军踏进高辛！” 那个铁骨铮铮的男儿又回来了！少昊微笑着笑着点点头，“我需要时间，巩固帝位，改革高辛，训练军队！” “怎么才能赢得时间？” “只要黄帝一日不能征服神农，高辛就安全一日。” 诺奈心中渐渐明白，“高辛是轩辕的盟国，表面上当然不能帮助神农，但是暗中却可以帮助神农，神农的战斗力越强，对黄帝的杀伤力越大，对高辛就越有利。” “对！这就是我说的既有利于神农，也有利于高辛的事情。” 诺奈知道少昊城府很深，这番话必有深意，他默默沉思了一瞬，跪在少昊面前，“不管陛下想要我做什么，我都不愿意！” 少昊说：“以你的出身，这件事本不该交给你，可有勇气的少机变，有机变的少忠诚，有忠诚的少才能，思来想去只有你合适，只是需要你牺牲良多。” 诺奈说：“陛下知道我对云桑的情意，如果不是因为我是高辛的将军，陛下又对我恩重如山，我真想变成神农的将军，立即到战场上为云桑杀退轩辕。如今难得有一个机会，既能成全我对云桑的私情，又能尽我对国家的大义，不管什么牺牲我都心甘情愿。” “这件事只能秘密进行，只有你知我知，纵使你能帮到云桑，她也不会知道你是诺奈。” 诺奈凄凉地笑了笑，“我明白，我的身份如果泄露，既是害了云桑，也是害了高辛。” “不管牺牲什么，你都愿意？” “纵死不悔！” “那好，我要你做的第一件事情就是继续酗酒，不分晨昏的大醉。第二件事……”少昊拿起了梧桐琴，“我要你在冰月悬尸的城楼下发酒疯，当众砸了这琴。” 诺奈愣住，看着琴，半响不语。 少昊冷冷地问：“你若酗酒砸琴，就会毁了云桑对你的最后一点情意，也就是让她彻底忘了你。这样的牺牲你也愿意吗？” 诺奈重重磕头，“臣愿意。”