Chapter 13 Section 12

The wind of the first month blows from the north.The lofty Qingsi Hall is unobstructed, allowing the cold wind to rage.Standing on the imperial steps in front of the hall, even though the sun is dazzling, it is still freezing to the bone. It's too cold to be high. Could this be the coldest place in Daming Palace?Pei Xuanjing thought, it should be the coldest place in Chang'an. But it must also be the place with the widest view and the most spectacular scenery.It was severe winter, and the sky above Chang'an City was covered with a clear layer of cold air, making thousands of households seem to be submerged under the surface of the sea.No human habitation or livestock can be seen from here, life has died down, and the hustle and bustle of the world can't be heard.The lost city in front of me seems to be a frozen sculpture, it existed a long time ago, and it will exist a long time later, only you and I have disappeared and will never come again.

It better be so.Thankfully so. "Master Pei Lian, Your Majesty is taking a nap." Chen Hongzhi shrank his neck and flashed in front of her, "I can't see you." "I have something urgent, something important!" Chen Hongzhi smiled apologetically: "I can't even deal with big things." "What if it's about the Tubo hostages and Jinxian Temple?" Chen Hongzhi's eyelids twitched, and he said: "After the Holy Majesty takes the pill, he must take a nap for half an hour. If he is woken up, he will definitely lose his temper. No matter what happens at this time, the Holy Majesty will not be angry, and he might kill us." Does the refiner think it is appropriate? Although the life of a servant is humble, it is still a life."

Pei Xuanjing had nothing to say.Fortunately, Guo Wei has already rushed to the dungeon, and he can still wait. Chen Hongzhi said courteously again: "It's cold outside, Master Pei Lian will follow me to the side hall and wait." "What about him?" "Him?" Chen Hongzhi followed Pei Xuanjing's gaze. On the open space in front of Qingsi Hall, there was a person kneeling alone.The cold wind blew his sleeves, and his body wrapped in the purple official uniform was emaciated. Pei Xuanjing asked: "Who is he? Why is he kneeling here?" "He is Master Li Su, Supervisor of Sitiantai. Doesn't Master Pei Lian know him?"

"heard about it." Chen Hongzhi snorted: "I have been kneeling since the morning. The Holy Majesty has said not to pursue it and let him go home. But he just knelt there and insisted on seeing the Holy Majesty. Neither did our family." There is a way to drive him away." "I'll go and have a look." Pei Xuanjing walked towards Li Su. Chen Hongzhi didn't stop her either, and just stared at her back silently on the imperial steps with dim eyes. When he got to him, Pei Xuanjing realized that what Chen Hongzhi said was true.Li Su had obviously been kneeling for a long time, his entire face was frozen pale, and a thin layer of frost had formed on his beard and eyebrows.When the howling cold wind stirred the purple robe, there was a sound of hunting, as if countless pieces of ice were being broken.

Supervisor Si Tiantai knelt there straight, like an icicle.If it weren't for the faint light still shining in his eyes, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he is a dead person. More precisely, a skeleton. After a few days of hunger strike, the Persian's rhinoplasty and sunken eyes became more prominent, the skin was as thin as paper, and the bones seemed to be stabbed from underneath, which was shocking. "Master Li." Pei Xuanjing called several times, but Li Su's eyes remained fixed, as if they were also frozen. "It's useless." Chen Hongzhi's voice floated from behind, "Follow me into the palace to avoid the cold, Master Pei Lian."

Pei Xuanjing turned around disappointedly, suddenly, she heard someone talking: "Who are you?" She jerked her head back, surprised to see the Persian staring straight at her. "I'm Pei Xuanjing." "Pei Xuanjing?" Li Su murmured, "It's really you..." Pei Xuanjing was a little puzzled, how could Li Su know about herself?She said: "Master Li, please follow me to the side hall for a while. I want to ask Mr. Li something." Pei Xuanjing reached out to help Li Su, but it felt like she had touched a piece of ice.She was taken aback, then heard Li Su asking: "Pei Xuanjing, are you Pei Xuanjing?"

"I'm." "Li Changji? Are you married to him?" Pei Xuanjing was shocked: "Changji? Why did Lord Li mention Changji?" "It's really you..." Li Su actually laughed "hehe", his already frozen face was twisted and twisted, and he looked extremely ferocious. Pei Xuanjing's shock was beyond words.In just a few days, different people have mentioned Changji to her, and each time they hesitate to speak with a strange expression.Pei Xuanjing really couldn't bear it. The most sacred emotion and the most beautiful person in her heart were mentioned in such a weird way again and again, as if she was talking about a dark and terrifying strange thing.She can't accept such blasphemy, if she wants to say it, she must say it clearly!

Pei Xuanjing said seriously: "Yes, I am Li Changji's wife. I wonder what orders Master Li has?" "Pure hook..." "Pure hook?" "Yes, a dagger called Chungou." There was a green light in the deep-set eye sockets, like a cat's eyes, and even the expression showed the narrowness of a cat playing with a mouse. Li Su's half-dead face suddenly became vivid When he got up, he looked at Pei Xuanjing, "Li Changji has a pure hook in his hand, has he shown it to you?" Pei Xuanjing couldn't answer. The smile on Li Su's face got bigger and bigger: "Haha, I understand. I understand everything!"

"What do you understand?" Li Su waved to Pei Xuanjing: "Come here, come closer and tell me." Then she lowered her voice, "Don't let others hear you." She moved closer to him involuntarily. "Is Chungou still there?" Li Su asked softly, "Is it in your hands?" "NO, I have not……" Li Su smiled again: "Yes, don't admit it, absolutely don't admit it. Especially don't let the Holy One know." "Holy Majesty?" "Don't you know? What he fears the most in the world is that... Haha, it's a pity that fate is not as good as man's calculation, retribution!"

"I can not understand what you say!" "No, you don't have to understand. All you need to know is that the dagger is a matter of life and death. It is a doom! The emperor's doom! The Tang Dynasty's doom!" "What are you arguing about?" Chen Hongzhi rushed over and said anxiously, "Please keep your voice down, if the Holy Spirit is woken up, no one will have a good fruit to eat!" Before he could finish speaking, Li Su suddenly struggled to his feet, stumbled and ran towards the imperial steps of the Qingsi Hall, fell to the ground after a few steps, and shouted hoarsely: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty! My son Li Jingdu committed a crime." Heinous crimes, self-inflicted crimes can not live! Persia has no hope of restoring the country, Li Su received the Tang Emperor's kindness and could not repay him, so he only asked for death to apologize! May Your Majesty live forever! May the Tang Dynasty prosper forever!"

He lunged forward, hitting his head firmly on the imperial steps.Blood splashed everywhere, and Li Su fell down straight. Chen Hongzhi ran over to take a look, and his face turned pale immediately: "It's over, it's over, what should we do!" He was running around in a hurry, and there was another sound of hurried footsteps approaching from far away, accompanied by armor and weapons clashing, full of murderous aura. Chen Hongzhi looked up, the ground covered with a layer of frost reflected the glare of the sun, making everything in front of him white.The Daming Palace, with its majestic palaces and majestic pavilions, seems to have suddenly turned into a thousand miles of red land. Chen Hongzhi didn't recognize Guo Jue until he ran up to him. "Master Guo..." He didn't finish greeting, but he saw Guo Wei staring at Li Su's body in a daze. "Ouch!" Chen Hongzhi said hastily, "The Master Si Tiantai died unexpectedly by touching the pillar. Master Guo came just in time. When the Holy Spirit asks you, you have to testify to me." "Testimony? I didn't see anything, how can I testify?" Chen Hongzhi was taken aback for a moment, Guo Jue was a loyal person and always had a good temper, how could he be so hot today. "Where is the Holy Majesty? I want to see the Holy Majesty immediately!" Guo Wei blushed and shouted thickly. Chen Hongzhi rushed forward to cover his mouth: "My lord Jing Zhaoyin! It's not like you don't know that the Holy Majesty is still taking a nap at this point, so keep your voice down, keep your voice down!" "No, go and wake up the Holy Majesty!" Chen Hongzhi thumped and knelt in front of him: "Just let me go!" Only then did Guo Kui fall silent, and Chen Hongzhi heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that he no longer persisted, and saw Guo Kui wave his hand again, asking the soldiers who followed him to put down the two stretchers. Even though it was empty and the wind was strong, when the two stretchers approached, there was still a disgusting stench in front of Qingsi Hall. Chen Hongzhi covered his nose and asked, "Master Guo, what did you bring?" "Tuban prisoners talk about reckless replacement." Guo Kui lifted the cloth covering Lun Mang's face, and Chen Hongzhi leaned over to look curiously: "Tibetan prisoner?" Suddenly he said "Oh my god" and fell backwards. Tangled, unrecognizable hair is piled around the face.The whole face was swollen like a watermelon, it was still a smashed watermelon, the brains were mixed with blood and other unrecognizable filth, it was simply colorful.The skin on his face was ripped apart, his eyes were hanging out of their sockets, his nose was crooked, his mouth was wide open, and the black and red saliva had solidified.A torn wound ran through the entire neck, almost cutting it in two. The most frightening thing is that this face is covered with holes, densely packed like a honeycomb. Chen Hongzhi gasped and asked, "My God, did you do this?" "Me?" Guo Wei smiled wryly, "I don't have any deep hatred with this Tubo man, why did it come to this!" Turning to Pei Xuanjing, he said, "Thanks to Master Pei Lian. Master Pei Lian's prediction was right, the Tubo man sneaked into the Taiji Palace from the tunnel of Jinxian Temple, I also used sulfur and saltpeter to blow up the prison wall and rescued Lun Mangti. Fortunately, I arrived in time, and the Tubo people had no time to escape. They were finally outnumbered and killed by us. Well, this Lun Mangti also failed to escape." Pei Xuanjing nodded silently.It seemed that she hadn't recovered from Li Su's tragic death, and her usually calm gaze was also a little erratic, moving from Guo Yu's face to Lun Mangti, and then slowly moving to the stretcher beside her.The person on the stretcher was lying down, and his stature was much smaller than that of Lun Mangti. She hesitated for a moment, and asked Guo Wei, "Did Lun Mangti be killed by the bomb?" "No. He ran away, almost to the Golden Immortal Temple." Guo Wei's tone was very strange, "I thought I would never be able to catch him. Unexpectedly, he died in the cave under the Golden Immortal Temple He pointed at Lun Mangti and said, "When we found him, he was already dead, and he looked like this. His face was repeatedly hit with stones; the wound on his neck was bitten open with his teeth." Chen Hongzhi interrupted in a strange voice: "Bite it with your teeth?" Guo Kui gave him a sideways look, and continued to say to Pei Xuanjing, "And those holes on Lun Mangti's face were made with this thing." He handed over a thin gold hairpin. Pei Xuanjing's hands trembled violently.Due to constant wear, the tip of the gold hairpin becomes sharp like a needle.There were only a few sparse threads left on the red tassels hanging from the tail, which were about to be broken, but she still recognized it at a glance. She screamed, "Where did this come from?" Guo Wei was taken aback by her, and pointed to the stretcher beside Lun Mang, before he could say anything, Pei Xuanjing rushed over. Li Mi had already changed beyond recognition, but Pei Xuanjing knew it was him.His face was not much better than Lun Mangti's, it was also bloody and bloody, one can imagine how fierce the life-and-death struggle was at that time.The only difference is that Li Mi doesn't have those dense holes on his face, which makes him look a little less scary. Li Mi was completely silent, but she didn't dare to probe his breath, but tremblingly took off a piece of flesh from his mouth, which was obviously bit off from Lun Mangti's neck. "He's still alive..." Pei Xuanjing said tearfully. "It's alive. It's just that as soon as we saw us, we raised the hairpin and stabbed it, kicked and bit it, and didn't care about indiscriminateness. I was also afraid of accidentally hurting innocent people, so I ordered someone to knock him out first." Guo Jue sighed, " But I don't know who this person is, how he got together with Lun Mangti, and what enmity he has with him. But if it wasn't for this person, Lun Mangti must have escaped." He was surprised to see that Pei Xuanjing gently raised Li Mi's head and hugged her in her arms. "Master, you—" "I know who he is." Pei Xuanjing gently wiped Li Mi's face, no matter what it looks like, as long as it is cleaned up a little, the delicate features will be revealed, and the original innocent appearance will be vaguely revealed, "He is my younger brother. " "Oh!" Guo Wei also remembered, isn't this the same Li Jia Erlang who was almost buried alive by the emperor back then?Hasn't he been missing for two full years?It seems that Li Mi has been staying in the Golden Immortal Temple, but how could he kill Lun Mangti? Pei Xuanjing was still holding the golden hairpin in one hand. With it, Pei Xuanjing could vaguely guess what happened to Li Mi and the tragic fate that He Niang suffered... Her heart throbbed violently. Li Mi in her arms opened her eyes, and the eyes rolled slowly, finally falling on Pei Xuanjing's face. Pei Xuanjing called him with mixed sorrow and joy: "Erlang..." Li Mi stared at Pei Xuanjing without blinking.She immediately discovered that his gaze was quite different from what she remembered, it was no longer as refreshing and thorough as in the morning after the rain, but it was a terrifying turbidity. Pei Xuanjing called out again: "Zixu." She called out very softly, but Li Mi could definitely hear it. Suddenly, Li Mi let out a deep roar, which didn't sound like a human voice at all!Then he stood up and pushed Pei Xuanjing down forcefully.Pei Xuanjing was crushed to the ground before she could dodge, and Li Mi punched her face and body.He was extremely strong, brutal and ferocious, he was like a wild beast, he beat Pei Xuanjing into a trance with just a few blows. The forbidden army swarmed up and dragged Li Mi away. Guo Wei stepped forward to help Pei Xuanjing up: "Master Pei Lian, are you alright?" "He doesn't know me anymore..." Pei Xuanjing trembled. "Oh, this person is crazy!" Guo Wei stamped his feet. Being imprisoned in the hands of the tall and burly imperial guards, Li Mi looked more and more skinny, but now he was quiet again, only trembling. Pei Xuanjing stepped forward and said: "Generals, please don't hurt this person, he is my relative." Hearing her voice, Li Mi raised his head, and a bright light seemed to flash in his cloudy eyes. Guo Wei nodded. The sergeants let go, and Li Mi hesitated to take a step towards Pei Xuanjing. Pei Xuanjing smiled at him with tears in her eyes: "Zixu, it's me, I'm sister-in-law." Li Mi took another step forward, and suddenly, he snatched the golden hairpin from Pei Xuanjing's hand, turned around and ran towards Qingsi Hall. "Stop him!" "Escort!" Suddenly, everyone was shouting.As soon as Pei Xuanjing followed Li Mi to the imperial steps, she was pushed to the ground by Shuang Shuang. She struggled to raise her head, and a man in an ocher-yellow robe was looking down on her.Pei Xuanjing froze for a moment, and then recognized from those majestic and cold eyes - it was the emperor.