Chapter 6 third quarter

Princess Weiyang is in a trance—for a while, she is often alone. The sky is still vast, but there are no traces of flying birds. "Ding, ding..." After a few crisp sounds, she turned around in shock and saw a string of silver-white wind chimes hanging under the eaves at some point.A young general in military uniform turned his head from under the eaves and said calmly, "I sent someone to fetch it from the stone house." Princess Weiyang also said lightly: "Thank you." "I want to ask you a question." Ding Ning said. "what?" "Just now, why did Princess Pipa's bowstring suddenly break?" He asked with a half-smile.

Princess Weiyang smiled: "You suspect it's me?" Ding Ning nodded: "Other than you, I can't think of anyone who was present at that time would do this." After a long time, Princess Weiyang nodded and said: "I cut it off." She took out a piece of gold leaf from her bosom, the thin gold leaf, and held it between her snow-white and slender fingers. Ding Ning's eyes flickered: "Good skill. I don't want you to be a hidden master." Princess Weiyang smiled faintly: "There are still many things you don't know, so you might as well understand slowly in the future."

Ding Ning was silent for a long time before he said, "Why did you save that eagle just now?" "Because it is very similar to me—it wanted to fly out of the cage and return freely, but it was still shot down." Princess Weiyang whispered, "Actually, I can't escape at all. There was no sky to accommodate me, and in the end I was forced to go back to the cage and obediently obey others." She raised her head and smiled wryly, pointing to Wu'er who was drying clothes outside the room: "Although she is an ordinary commoner girl, she is very enviable."

She coughed slightly and took a sip of tea. Ding Ning originally just came to take a look around, but after hearing this, he took off his helmet and sat down beside her. "We're not married yet, if you come to my room every other day, people will think I'm immature." Princess Weiyang smiled wryly, "Of course, some people will think that we are very affectionate." She said sarcastically, His eyes turned to emptiness again. Ding Ning pulled out a chopstick and threw it at a quiver hanging on the wall. He said calmly, "You also said that we can't fight the whole family, the whole dynasty. If that's the case, why don't we just go with the situation?"

As he spoke, he threw the chopsticks into the quiver one after another. But his expression also carried indescribable loneliness and bewilderment. At this time, someone outside the door told: "General Ding, princess, it's time for lunch." When Ding Ning and Princess Weiyang walked out the door, they saw Di Qing and Wu'er also coming out of the east chamber.Wu'er was half shy, half excited and said something to him, while Di Qing listened with a gentle expression, without saying a word. Both pairs stopped on the road.Ding Ning looked at Di Qing with deep meaning in his eyes.

Wu'er, however, had no grievances at all. When she saw Princess Weiyang, she hurriedly bowed her head to say hello: "See you, Princess." She has always been grateful for the fact that Princess Weiyang brought her and her mother-in-law to the border. In her view from a farming family , this noble lady is really as beautiful and amiable as a fairy in the sky. Princess Weiyang smiled and took her hand: "Look, the clothes are washed so that the hands are cracked! I told you that you don't have to do it yourself, just leave it to the servants to do it." The two walked away talking and laughing.

The wind in Shuoye was so strong that it made the military flags rattle.All around, the horns in the camp were continuously blowing, desolate and majestic. Ding Ning and Di Qing walked side by side on the horse path.After a while, Ding Ning said, "The day after tomorrow is the day to get married." Di Qing said slowly: "You... don't you think this is ridiculous?" "But people outside said that this is a good match from heaven." Ding Ning's smile was also a little bleak.Thinking about the night after tomorrow, there will be flowers and candles in the bridal chamber, these two all-powerful generals feel that they would rather go to the battlefield!God made a joke, but people couldn't laugh.

"Have you ever heard of the 'Old Man under the Moon'?" Ding Ning turned to Di Qing and asked, "It is said that as long as one of his red threads is tied to a pair of mortals, the pair of poor people will become husband and wife no matter what. The only solution The way to open this red line is that one of the two must die." He smiled wryly: "I wonder, have we all become those poor people?" Ding Ning said, slowly lowered his head, looked at the Yitian long sword in his hand, and said slowly: "This sword is with our Ding family two. Generations have been in and out of the battlefield for thirty years, and it was stained with the blood of Tuyuhun Khan and the Khitan royal family. But it... can't cut through that red thread."

Di Qing also lowered his head, looking at the sword in his hand.Pain also flashed across his Shen Yi heroic face. "Neither she nor I have any other choice. As the son of a general, I cannot give up my ideals and my family—she is the same. But, what about you? Why don't you resist? Do you want to force yourself like this?" Ding Ning Staring at him, asked word for word. Di Qing turned his head to the side, and after a long time, he said coldly: "I have no choice either. I can't violate any of benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, faith, loyalty, and filial piety—this is what my mother taught me since I was a child." .”

Ding Ning didn't speak for a long time before he nodded and said: "That's right. If you spoil the affairs of the military and state for personal reasons, it's disloyal; if you disobey your mother's order for this, it's unfilial; if you break the marriage contract, it's untrustworthy; Number one, it's rude to damage the clan's reputation... You would never do such a person no matter what!" However, as soon as the words fell, he immediately turned his head, stared at Di Qing coldly, and said word by word: "But you betrayed Xuehong because of injustice!"

"That's right," Di Qing stared at the Pijiang Sword in his hand, and replied word by word, "But Di Qing, I'd rather destroy the small details than the great work!" ※※※ Princess Weiyang sat cross-legged under the eaves, her hands lightly placed on the kite.Hands are as slender as bright jade. The clouds were light and the wind was clear, and the wind chimes under the eaves rang softly.As soon as the bell rang, the sound of the piano began. The sound of the piano is like water.It's like a wanderer returning home thousands of miles away, and when he opens the door, he sees his wife's tender eyes; it's also like wearing a long coat, climbing a famous mountain, standing on a cliff, and the wind is mighty.But all of a sudden, there is a sound of changing signs in the zither, which can crack gold and stone!Among the clanging, there is a faint demeanor of gold and iron horses, just like thousands of horses gathered, with swords raised, and thousands of troops and horses fighting each other. The sound of the strings became more and more urgent and higher, and suddenly there was a sound of "Zheng", the strings broke!Princess Weiyang pressed the string of the zither with one hand, and patted her chest with the other, coughing slightly, a trace of blood dripped from the corner of her mouth! "What a song "House of Flying Daggers"! Faintly has everyone's demeanor—it's a pity that it's too fast and too high, and it can't last." "General Di is also proficient in rhythm?" "I don't dare to be a martial artist, I just listen to it occasionally and say a few random words." Princess Weiyang caressed Huazheng and sighed: "In the old days of the siege of Haixia, heroes ended their lives, and beauties committed suicide—after thousands of years, if I play this song again, my mind is still agitated. I can imagine the tragedy of that year." The voice behind her stopped for a while, and then slowly said: "Actually, who is different in the sad place? Since ancient times, this feeling has been the same, and so has the song." Princess Weiyang didn't answer, and suddenly picked the strings with her hands, and sang: "The Han soldiers have already conquered the land, and the singing is besieged on all sides. The king is exhausted, how can the concubine survive?" Yu Ji's swan song a thousand years ago, sang in her mouth, but it also brought a kind of despair that couldn't bear to hear. There are no more voices behind me.She knew that Di Qing had already left. Who is different in the sad place?Is he too?Is he sad too?she does not know. She slowly put down her hand, there was already a pool of bright red blood on the white clothes! ——She also knew that her illness was getting worse day by day... In the twilight, she heard geese chirping in the sky and horns blaring, and she couldn't help coughing violently.The wind and sand outside the Great Wall is strong, and the wind blows on the body at night, like a knife cutting.She coughed up blood. "Princess, it's windy and sandy outside, be careful." A voice suddenly sounded from behind.It was clearly a caring sentence, but there was no warmth in the tone, but an indescribably compelling edge.Princess Weiyang raised her head suddenly, and saw a girl in a yellow shirt and emerald feathers, bright and heroic.Princess Pipa! There was a strange look in Princess Pipa's eyes—did she listen to the conversation between herself and Di Qing here?Why is she paying so much attention to herself?Still have this look?For some reason, Princess Weiyang has always disliked her—maybe because she shot the eagle to death. That one was supposed to be the free, unfettered king of birds. "Is the princess not in good health?" Princess Pipa asked, with a hint of a smile in the corner of her eyes.Princess Weiyang said lightly: "I have always been weak. I have been sick for the past two years. Although there was a slight improvement half a year ago, the root cause of the disease is still not cured." She wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth as she spoke.Only one person knows that her illness is in her heart... Two years ago, she was such a lively and healthy girl, full of hope for life and the future! Princess Pipa smiled, and the cold light in her eyes became even brighter: "The princess traveled thousands of miles and came to get married outside the Great Wall due to illness. It is really affectionate! I really admire it." The sarcasm and hostility in her words, Princess Weiyang How can you not hear it?But why does she have such a tone?Did she already know that she had cut her bowstring? Princess Pipa took out a box of things from her bosom, handed it over, and said indifferently: "Congratulations to the princess, the gift is so small, please accept it with a smile." After speaking, she walked away without looking back.After she walked away, Princess Weiyang opened the box, and her face turned pale! There is a gold leaf in the box, and... two pairs of eagle claws!Bloody claw peck!