Chapter 70 Chapter 12 Love and Killing

AD 1815, St. Helena Island, 3,000 soldiers on the island, guarding a prisoner.St. Helena is isolated in the Atlantic Ocean, 1,200 miles east of the coast of Africa, and 600 miles west of the coast of Brazil. Even if there were no soldiers on the island, the prisoners would have nowhere to escape. However, 3,000 soldiers were still mobilized , is this really necessary? Very necessary, because the prisoner's name is Napoleon. Although the situation in which Deng Feng was imprisoned cannot be compared with that of Napoleon, it is also staggering.More than a thousand soldiers, holding bows and arrows, or holding knives and guns, circled Deng Feng's cell, surrounded by more than ten layers. Even so, the faces of the soldiers were still very unconfident, and their expressions were particularly melancholy.

Under Liu Xiu's special care, although Deng Feng was a prisoner, he still maintained the minimum dignity. He was neither bound nor beaten. As long as he did not leave the cell, he enjoyed absolute freedom free.Deng Feng sat in front of the window, closed his eyes and meditated, with a serene and relaxed expression, like a high-spirited outsider who had already seen everything outside his body as empty. When Yin Lihua suddenly appeared in the cell, Deng Feng was not surprised, he smiled brightly and said, "You see me again." Yin Lihua stuffed a sword into Deng Feng's hand, and said: "I brought your sword. I also prepared your mount outside for you." Then, she handed Liu Xiu's jade pendant to Deng Feng , said, "Bring this, you can go unimpeded. Get out of here quickly, they will kill you."

Seeing Yin Lihua's flustered face, Deng Feng smiled and said, "Don't panic, I won't leave." Yin Lihua asked anxiously, "Why don't you leave?" There was indescribable pride and indescribable loneliness in Deng Feng's expression, and he replied slowly: "If I want to live, why should I surrender? The reason why I surrender is to die. If I don't want to Death, who in the world can kill me?" Yin Lihua became more and more anxious, and said: "They really want to kill you. It's better to live than to die, hurry up!" Deng Feng said with a smile: "I am satisfied that you came here to save me. But life is mine, and I will choose to end it."

Seeing that Deng Feng wanted to die, Yin Lihua was terrified. She prostrated herself at Deng Feng's feet, covered her face and wept, "You are still young, you are still beautiful. Please, live." Deng Feng smiled and said: "Why do you feel sad for me? Cai Shaogong said that I can only live to be twenty-two years old. This year I am exactly twenty-two years old and the time of death has come. Just like Liu Xiu wants to be the emperor, you will be the emperor. Queen, everything is God's will." Yin Lihua cried: "No matter what, I won't let you die." Deng Feng sighed: "Don't you understand that I am just a redundant person, like the sixth finger, which must be cut off before it can be perfect. I will fulfill you and your family. I know you will be happy, but I am not I don’t want to watch, it’s too difficult for me.”

Yin Lihua couldn't control herself anymore, she burst into tears, beat Deng Feng desperately, and shouted: "Go, get out of here! You are still young, everything can start over again, as long as you want, you can kill again , continue to be an enemy of Liu Xiu, and even take away his country, I don't care, I don't care about anything, I just want you to live." Deng Feng smiled sadly and said: "If you lose you, what if you win the world?" Yin Lihua knew that Deng Feng's death was irreversible, she slowly wiped away her tears and said, "You wait for me."

Yin Lihua left and returned, and there was a young maid by her side.Yin Lihua pointed to the maid and told Deng Fengdao: "You haven't become an adult yet, you can't just leave without leaving a single heir." Deng Feng looked at the maid, even if she wasn't shy, she was not shy.Deng Feng'e's humor flared up, and he smiled and said to Yin Lihua: "How can a woman be enough?" Yin Lihua said urgently: "Okay, how much do you want, I will find it for you." With tears in his smile, Deng Feng sighed: "Don't you know that there are three thousand weak waters, and I will drink a scoop alone."

Yin Lihua felt sad for a while, knowing that there was nothing to force her to do, she sent the maid away and faced Deng Feng silently.Although Deng Feng is still alive, this is his last night in the world.And she came to keep watch, and she came to see him off. The night is getting deeper and deeper, one watch after another, feeling sad and ecstasy.There was a faint cock crowing, and it was necessary to do something, and there was no longer any waiting.Deng Feng sighed, and said to Yin Lihua: "You go, leave the sword behind." Yin Lihua shook her head firmly and said, "I won't leave."

Deng Feng laughed and said, "You insist on letting me die for you? Are you really that brave?" Yin Lihua said: "No matter what, in your last time, I must be by your side." Deng Feng nodded: "Very good." Slowly pulled out the sword, touching the edge of the sword with his fingers, his expression gradually became dignified.Suicide will be his last action in the world, and he must do it overnight and do it beautifully. Deng Feng turned his back, raised his long sword, and was about to sever his throat with a sword, when Yin Lihua yelled: "Wait a minute."

Deng Feng didn't put down his sword and asked, "What are you waiting for?" Yin Lihua said: "Give me the sword first." Deng Fengdao: "Why?" Yin Lihua said: "You tell me first." Deng Feng handed the sword to Yin Lihua, Yin Lihua took the sword in her hand and said: "I won't allow you to commit suicide, I will kill you." Deng Feng was both surprised and delighted, and said, "Really?" Yin Lihua said: "You are mine, no one can take you away except me, you can't, and neither can God." Deng Feng's face suddenly brightened, filled with great joy, pointed to the position of his heart, and said: "You stab here. This sword cuts iron like mud. Even if you lack strength, you can still die with one stab."

Yin Lihua raised her sword and pointed it at Deng Feng's heart.Although it was the first time for her to hold the sword, she held it very steadily, like a veteran who had experienced many battles. It could be seen that she was not just talking, she was serious.Deng Feng looked at Yin Lihua, not afraid at all, and waited for her with relief and gratitude. No one can write down this frozen moment.Xia Yezhi was silent, neither of them spoke.They looked at each other, contented with this strange silence, as if they were back in the distant childhood, a pair of children hid in a corner, hiding from the eyes of adults, secretly doing something that adults could not understand. It is a secret that only they can know, and that is the happiness that only they can experience.

Deng Feng suddenly shouted: "Do it!" Yin Lihua stabbed out with a sword subconsciously.The long sword was indeed extremely sharp, and it easily penetrated Deng Feng's body, and soon, bright red blood gushed out of his body.The blood stain on the clothes gradually grew bigger, like a red flower that was in full bloom. Yin Lihua held the sword tightly and asked Deng Feng softly, "Does it hurt?" Deng Feng smiled: "It doesn't hurt. Don't be afraid." Yin Lihua shook her head: "I'm not afraid." Deng Feng collapsed in Yin Lihua's arms, his strength has been drained quickly with the blood.Yin Lihua hugged Deng Feng tightly, feeling his weakness at this moment.A difficult smile appeared on the corner of Deng Feng's mouth, and he said slowly: "When you married Liu Xiu, I was already dead. When you came to beg me to surrender, I died for the second time. Now, I Finally freed." Yin Lihua hugged Deng Feng and wept, tears and blood flowing together.She murmured, "I know, I know everything." Deng Feng closed his eyes contentedly, and sang in a low voice. The song said: "The Great Peng flies and shakes the eight descendants, but the sky is destroyed and the strength is weak. Heaven's opinion is pressing and life will not be delayed. When you pass away, you will be quiet and mysterious." It gets lower and lower, and gradually becomes inaudible. There is a line in the film: "The beauty sat on the hand of the beast, and the beast stared at the face of the beauty. From this moment on, the beast has actually died." (The beast looked upon the face of beauty, and the beauty stayed his hand, from that day on, he was as one dead.)” Peerless martial arts are no match for peerless looks after all.Deng Feng lay in Yin Lihua's arms, stopped his breathing, at only twenty-two years old.He took away his own sadness and unwillingness, and left behind his struggle and cry for the world.The sad thing is that people only talk about his military exploits in memory of him, and then continue to live in deep dreams. After Deng Feng's death, the teenagers under his command went their own way.Some chose to surrender to Liu Xiu, represented by Zhao Xi.Perhaps it was due to Liu Xiu's apology to Deng Feng. After Zhao Xi surrendered, he was highly valued.When Liu Xiu died, Zhao Xi presided over the funeral as Minister Gu Ming.After the death of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, Zhao Xi was still the minister of Gu Ming and presided over the funeral again.Both dynasties were subject to the emperor's edict and took on the heavy responsibility of Gu Ming. This is the only person in the history of the Eastern Han Dynasty. More teenagers felt sorry for Deng Fengzhi's death, and refused to serve the second master. Since then, they scattered among the people, determined to avenge Deng Feng.In their view, the reason why Deng Feng voluntarily went to a dead end has nothing to do with Liu Xiu, nor Yin Lihua, and Yinmu is the real culprit. In the ninth year of Jianwu (the thirty-third year of A.D.), Yinmu returned to Nanyang to visit her relatives. After hearing the news, the teenagers ambush her and robbed her and killed her on the road.The poor old lady tried her best to arrange a life for her daughter, but finally she couldn't see the final harvest.She did not see her daughter becoming a queen, nor did she see her grandson inherit Liu Xiu's throne and become the future Ninth Five-Year King. In the second year after Deng Feng's death, Yin Lihua gave birth to Liu Xiu's son Liu Zhuang, who later became Emperor Han Ming, and then gave birth to four sons and two daughters for Liu Xiu.In the seventeenth year of Jianwu (AD 41), Liu Xiu abolished Guo Shengtong and made Yin Lihua the queen. She finally fulfilled her mother's wish.In later generations, the story of Yin Lihua and Liu Xiu has become a popular legend, known as the most perfect and happiest imperial couple in history. However, whose eyes can see through the deep palace wall?Perhaps, everything is just the wishful imagination of future generations.Like any other family, the Emperor's House is fraught with cold wars, suspicions, and rotten secrets that are never talked about. Although she will be a queen in the future, she has always lived a serious and restrained life, rarely showing real happiness, and never actively pursuing happiness.After all, she was just an ordinary woman from Xinye, but Liu Xiu's empire was not enough to fill her heart. Seven years after Liu Xiu's death, she also passed away.Before dying, she weakly repeated two words: "See you, see you." Maybe she was telling Liu Xiu that the two could finally reunite underground; Destined to be wiped out, go up to the poor and fall to the underworld, and the two places are gone.Or maybe there were other meanings, but she didn't have the energy to explain it. She slowly closed her eyes, a simple movement, but it was the irreversible end of her life.It's all over, those young romantics who have seen and loved, those unspeakable love and hatred. She was buried together with Liu Xiu in the original mausoleum at the age of 60. She was posthumously named Empress Guanglie, becoming the first empress in history to enjoy a posthumous title.