Between the vast sea of ​​clouds

Chapter 121 Akagi

"The city is broken?" Qingping repeated this sentence, she looked at the sky full of morning glow in the distance, in the morning mist, the black majestic gate stood under the clear sky.Nearby is the beacon tower, and the fire that burns all night will eventually be destroyed.Her eyes wandered, as if frozen, she whispered: "The city is broken."

Wu Ying closed her eyes and said in a hoarse voice, "Yes, the Xirong people gathered their troops at Moon River..."

Qingping turned around and left, climbing up the dangerous path on the edge of the cliff with both hands and feet. Wu Ying grabbed her with sharp eyes and grabbed her sharply, "What are you crazy about!"

Qingping struggled to climb up, her hands were cut with small wounds by sharp stones, beside her was a bottomless rift, a stone was knocked down by her, rolled down the edge, and then disappeared .

The leader quickly grabbed her and pulled her off.Behind the mountain was a sparse forest, Qingping was dragged into the weeds by her, and tied to a dead tree beside him.

Wu Ying was stunned for a moment, then walked over and said, "Let go of her, what are you doing?"

The leader's gaze suddenly became unpredictable when he looked at her, and he said sullenly: "Master Wu, has he forgotten something? If you delay like this, it will be bad if you miss something."

Her eyes lingered on Wu Ying's face, like a poisonous snake spit out a letter, Wu Ying's face twisted for a while, and she said angrily: "Of course I won't forget!"

The leader pulled out the scimitar from his waist with a swish, played it in his hand, and said softly: "Then please, Mr. Wu, there are some things that need to be clarified. Your Highness ordered me to come here with you, not for What kindness do you say?"

Although Qing Ping had expected that Wu Ying would turn back halfway to save her, there must be something hidden, but when she heard the word 'His Royal Highness', she still looked at her in disbelief.

It turns out that in just a moment, a familiar person can become a stranger.Wu Ying walked over slowly, intending to untie her, but Qing Ping asked, "Your highness, which highness are you talking about?"

Seeing this, the leader said with bad intentions: "Talk about it carefully, I'm afraid you won't have so much to say when you enter Yunzhou."

She took people to explore the way ahead, Wu Ying was silent for a moment, and then said: "It's His Royal Highness King Qi."

Qingping's heart was beating fast, and a very secret thing seemed to surface. She raised her head and looked at Wu Ying, only to feel that her face was gradually blurred in the sunlight, and the past was full of memories. , Wu Ying clenched her hands tightly as if she had made some determination, and said: "...I have seen her before. What did you call her when I was in Le'an?"

Qingping's eyebrows jumped heavily, he looked into her eyes and said, "I don't know what you're talking about."

Wu Ying said coldly: "No, you know everything!"

"You acted as her substitute in Le'an, 'Yu Jun'. It's ridiculous to say that. After you left, I asked everyone, and no one had heard of the Yu family in Yunzhou! Just because of this It's not your real name!" Wu Ying's voice was rapid, she couldn't restrain the anger in her heart, she tore off her forbearance and peaceful appearance, and she roared like a lunatic: "She has already set up this game of chess, do you really think she did it? I paid so much just for the sake of Wei Guijun? If you really didn't want to be in that position, how could you do it every step of the way!"

"What about you? King Qi doesn't care about this position?" Qing Ping said coldly, "The rivalry between the two kings is nothing but the confrontation between the aristocratic families. Wu Ying, why do you think I'm going back? The mission to Xirong is only because if the peace talks fail and the two countries will go to war, as long as she is in Yunzhou, then it’s fine—"

"No." Wu Ying lowered her head, her long hair covered her expression, she raised her hands in the air, like a powerless posture, she said softly: "She is no longer in Yunzhou."

As if struck by lightning, Qingping asked in disbelief, "What?"

"Why did I turn back halfway?" She raised her head slowly, her eyes seemed to be filled with pity and hatred, "Because I learned...the news that King Xin arrived in Chang'an secretly."

"She never thought of keeping Yunzhou, Li Qingping, you are... extremely stupid."

Qingping's mind was blank, and he could only look up at her. Wu Ying squatted down and untied her, and pressed her rough fingers on her forehead, "I don't know the game, take a good look, this is what you wholeheartedly protect." people."

A few thin sheets of letter paper fluttered and fell into her arms.The familiar handwriting made her feel dizzy, and she asked in a low voice, "This is... what?"

Wu Ying said: "You once said that you never sent me a letter, but here are the letters you wrote to me in the past three years. You can read it yourself."

Qingping's eyes trembled, and he stretched out his hand to unfold the letter paper. The handwriting was so familiar, almost exactly the same as what she had written.The words were connected together, but she seemed to suddenly not recognize the sentence formed by these words. She squeezed the letter paper tightly, her thoughts were confused, and she couldn't say a word.

Wu Ying closed her eyes, but when she opened them again, it was icy cold. She looked at her expressionlessly and said, "Since the second year of Taiqi, you have received letters from Yunzhou every month. You What I asked, I have never hidden from you. Although the words in the letter are unclear, I have never suspected him. I am very familiar with your handwriting. It is just like this. The letters have been exchanged for nearly two years, and suddenly a certain month has not been on time. I sent it, I was worried about what happened to you, so I wrote several letters to ask you...all of them disappeared. Later, I came to Yunzhou with the adults to participate in the mutual market. When I first met you, You are so born, I became suspicious."

In an instant, Qingping fell into an ice cave, and his teeth trembled.The cold wind whizzed past, she only felt that her fingertips were frozen and hard, and there was no trace of heat in her lungs, she didn't feel like a living person at all.In a trance, she felt as if she had died once. Maybe she had died on the grassland. Everything now is just a strange illusion before her soul is about to leave.

Seeing that her face was pale and her eyes were lifeless, Wu Ying felt a sense of vengeful pleasure in her heart, but at the same time there was another sadness. They were just pawns on someone else's chessboard. Sadness and joy are all in the hands of the people.

Qingping stood up holding the pieces of paper, staggered a few steps, the sun was just rising, she climbed up the hill, and shot a golden glow through the gaps in the clouds. She was at a loss, standing among the rocks and weeds and looking around.All kinds of past events flashed through her mind, and the more she thought about it, the more painful it became, and the more incredible she felt.All the voices left her for a moment, and she stood in the light blankly, looking at the deep valley where the clouds and mists were churning, and she felt completely hopeless.

The mountain wind blew on her face with moist mist, which made her wake up a lot.She turned to look at Wu Ying, and said in silence for a moment: "These letters... are indeed not written by me, sorry."

Wu Ying looked at her with a cold smile, with a gloomy expression, and with desperate determination, said: "There is no need to say more about this, I came to save you only for one thing, you have been with Chu Jun for the longest time, Having been her substitute, I am very clear about what she has done. If you come forward to identify her as suspicious, coupled with the evidence collected over the years, it is enough to prove that she is not of royal blood."

She threw the braided grass in her hand on Qingping's face, walked past her, and said: "You better wake up, no matter what you think in your heart, you are already an abandoned child. If you want to live, you might as well Think carefully about how you want to do it. His Royal Highness King Qi treats others generously, if you surrender, she can protect your life regardless of past suspicions."

Wu Ying didn't get her reply, she mocked: "Why, are you looking for short-sightedness?"

"No..." Qingping's voice was extremely slow, with a long ending, and it felt intermittent.Wu Ying suddenly remembered the rumors she had heard before. If a person is suddenly frightened, aphasia will occur in a short period of time, and they will not be able to distinguish between priorities and pronunciation, and their pronunciation will also change.There was a throbbing pain in her heart, and she resisted turning her head to look at Qingping, and heard her slowly say: "I will...live."

Wu Ying said: "That's good."

After finishing her speech, she walked away slowly, Qingping stood for a long time, picked up the thing she just made up from the ground, held it in her hand and looked at it carefully, unable to regain consciousness for a long time.

Wu Ying walked towards the depths of the woods. The leader and two subordinates were standing there, and she didn't know if she heard their conversation just now.Seeing her coming, the leader insisted on ignoring her gloomy expression, and asked with a smile, "Master Wu, is that clear enough?"

Wu Ying said lightly: "Of course."

The leader's eyes moved, and he said meaningfully: "It's better to explain it earlier, so that it will save her life and death when she returns to Chang'an. This journey is just for her to think about it. We are all doing things for His Highness. If we do well, wait When His Highness is honored as a Great Treasure, there will be a reward from you and me."

Wu Ying twitched the corner of her mouth and said: "How can you compare with Commander Shangyu, you are an old man next to His Highness, and you need to remind me a little bit more."

The leader waved his hand and said proudly: "It's nothing, how can it be compared with Mr. Wu? Mr. Wu was born as a Jinshi. If this thing is done, it will be a career. You can go to the court to pay homage. Where are we and other warriors?" What can we discuss?"

Wu Ying talked to her perfunctorily, but still couldn't hold back, she turned her head to look at the people standing in the pile of rubble.

The leader has been with King Qi for a long time, and his skill in observing words and demeanor is first-rate, she asked calmly: "Master Wu and this person seem to have known each other for a long time."

Wu Ying knew that she just wanted to test the relationship between the two of them, so she looked into her eyes and said, "To tell the truth, this person has a grudge against me. Now teaching her how to be abandoned by the old master is really satisfying."

The leader laughed out loud, seeing that her expression didn't look like a fake, she said like a fake: "If you have revenge, you have to vent your anger! It's just that Mr. Wu has to be merciful, don't make people half-crazy and half-crazy, then we won't be able to deal with each other ah!"

Wu Ying let go of her clenched palms and said, "It's only natural, Commander Yu, please rest assured."

The wind passed by her hands, brushing against the dark nails.The bloody and bloody palm was exposed, and I don't know how much strength it took to pierce the palm so deeply. The dried blood around it was solidified on one side, and the palm lines were no longer very clear.

There was a roar of fighting in the wind and sand, and a huge gap was torn open in the leaden gray clouds in the sky. The Royal Court cavalry gathered into a black iron stream and charged towards Juning Pass again and again.After 300 consecutive days of Xirong siege, the huge and heavy gate of this huge pass finally made a loud noise amidst the earth shaking. After [-] years, the impenetrable city gate was finally completely opened.

When the city gate collapsed, the huge roar made the ground tremble. The royal cavalry drove straight in, and Yun Ce's army retreated steadily. From those words and phrases, I felt the shock of the breaking of Juning Pass City.

Juning Pass has stood for a hundred years, and it is the most important pass in Yunzhou. Although it was breached 300 years ago, since then, the Dai State has strengthened the repair of the city wall and sent a large number of troops to the frontier. In the middle of the year, no foreign enemy could cross this barrier, but after the Yuehe defense line was let out, the situation plummeted, and even reached the point of breaking the barrier.It was breached in such a short period of less than half a month, which sounds like a joke.

The autumn sun is high and the sky is high and the clouds are light. It is a rare good weather since the beginning of autumn.Chu Jun detoured from Huaze Palace and walked through the corridor hall. The sunlight poured all over the place. A few green vines hung down the quiet corridor. It's an interesting contrast.

The autumn scenery is so beautiful, but she didn't want to look at it too much. At the edge of Yuxiao Palace, she met the judge of the imperial hospital who had just come out of it, and asked, "Master Cheng, how is your mother?"

When Cheng Yuan saw her, he hurriedly saluted, and said, "Return to Your Majesty, Your Majesty is out of breath, which has caused a deficiency of heart and shortness of breath. Take a few more medicines, and it will be cured after a while."

Chu Jun nodded, and said: "I'm going to see the Queen Mother, Mr. Cheng is inconvenient, so let the palace servants give you a ride."

Where did Cheng Yuan judge receive such grace? Because the Empress wanted to cultivate, she took the so-called 'elixir' all year round regardless of the imperial physician's obstruction.Everyone in the Tai Hospital dared not be angry or speak out, so they had to take up their duties tremblingly.Even so, the empress still disliked her for hindering her own practice, and regarded these imperial physicians as people who did not understand the general situation, and would yell loudly at the rotating imperial physicians after taking the elixir.

Without waiting for her to push back, some palace servants came out in a file and said respectfully: "My lord, please."

Cheng Yuanpan couldn't help feeling uneasy, and looked at the person walking up the jade steps. Under the autumn sun, the huge phoenix bird stone carving in the middle of the jade steps was shining brightly, as if he could feel the gentleness and elegance of the wings spread out.This huge palace seems to be injected with fresh air because it is about to welcome a new owner, and the gloomy and cold atmosphere is no longer everywhere.

Perhaps because it was too bright outside, Chu Jun felt extremely dark when he entered Yuxiao Palace.Danyu incense was burning in the palace, and the smoke from the light cage was slowly sprayed out from the silver crane-shaped incense burner. It was clearly daytime, but the palace was lit with lamps, and a palace attendant came forward to salute, with a soft and thin voice, saying: " Your Majesty has already stood up, Your Highness, please."

The palace attendant smelled a bit of fragrance while walking, his eyebrows were obviously carefully trimmed, and his face was covered with light-colored powder, although he was young, he did not hide his special color.The empress was ill in bed and was extremely sensitive to smells. The palace servants in the palace were not allowed to apply makeup, and the palace was lit with danyu incense.But on weekdays, the palace maids always lead the way, but today it was replaced by a beautiful boy.With a thought in her mind, she felt quite disdainful for this low-level trick, but she could also understand one thing, that is, the empress really had no other means at her disposal.

She walked into the hall unimpeded all the way, the palace attendant stopped in front of the door, saw that she didn't even look at him, and bit his lower lip lightly.

The female emperor in the palace sat on the throne, and a sapphire bead curtain separated them.You can vaguely see the decayed blue-gray in the blush of her cheeks.The scarlet emperor's clothes were laid down on the steps, and the pattern of wings was embroidered on the tail, like the tail wings of a phoenix bird, all of which showed the nobleness of the master.

"Juning Pass has fallen, and Zhou Shichang led his troops back to Anping County. Wang Ting's [-] fine riders entered and exited the pass, as if entering and exiting a land without people."

Chu Jun's voice echoed in the depths of the hall, the empress on the throne was silent for a moment, and said: "Yunzhou cannot fall, if it falls, Hengzhou will be next."

"Why was Juning Pass breached? Since Emperor Chengrui, no matter how provocative Wang Ting tried outside the Moon River, he could not take a step forward, let alone breaching Juning Pass. The first time in 300 years, it happened to me This is the case in the dynasty, fearing that future generations will discuss it. In the history books, the mother will inevitably be compared with Emperor Guangyue. A hundred years ago, Emperor Guangyue was happy for Bo Chongjun and reused his clansmen. , This made the Xirong people take advantage of the emptiness to enter, the ancestral property was lost, and the territory was occupied by foreign enemies."

She was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "I don't know how mother will judge this matter?"

The empress said coldly: "What do you want to say? If Juning pass is broken, it is broken! If you can't hold it, you have to hold it, and let the Yunce army hold it!"

Chu Jun asked back: "Defend to death? How to defend to death?"

The beaded curtain shook, and the Empress stepped down from the throne. Her face was pale, but dark flames ignited in her pupils. She snorted coldly, and said sarcastically, "Aren't you always very capable? Why, now you have nothing to do." gone?"

Chu Jun stared at her slightly bent back, the two of them were one tall and the other low. Under the cold gaze of the empress, she actually smiled and said softly: "There are six cabinets above the court..."

The empress sneered and said: "So what, the big family, which one will obey you?" She arrogantly looked down at the daughter who had brought her humiliation, a stern look flashed in her eyes, and a malicious arc appeared at the corners of her mouth, He said softly: "Do you think that since you are a princess now, you can sit and enjoy the throne? I tell you, it is absolutely impossible!"

Chu Jun shook his head, smiled and said, "Mother, you are wrong."

The Empress was taken aback.

"Whoever promises more, the family will stand up; and the six cabinets are supposed to assist the emperor, what the ministers want is an emperor who can go to court on time, review memorials, and handle government affairs; instead of only knowing how to cultivate immortals and discuss Taoism, behind closed doors. The 'Ming Lord' that came out."

The Empress was instantly annoyed, and said, "Shut up! You—"

"Mother thinks I'm here to ask you for help?" Chu Jun stood with his hands behind his back, jokingly said, "No, I'm just here to ask you to do something."

The empress thought that she was a strong bow, but she was just arguing with words.She is really too young, she has not gone through any storms, but she just got the sweetness of power, and she refuses to let go.She squinted her eyes, but she was just an opportunist. It made no difference to her whether she had such a daughter or not.When she leaves here and regains power, she must get rid of this evil!What the hell is the daughter, she is just the evil seed of Wei's adultery with others, and her life has also polluted the royal blood...

"Tomorrow, I will ask my mother to promulgate the edict of guilt in the court hall, and read out your guilt to the ministers of the court and all the people." She took out the jade axis edict from her sleeve, and lightly raised the corners of her bright red mouth, with a kind of leisurely expression. Appreciating the precarious figure of the Empress.

"No one is on your side anymore, mother." She then said loudly: "Come here."

There was a slight sound of footsteps, and it turned out to be the palace attendant from just now, who knelt down and saluted: "I have seen Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress."

Chu Jun threw the jade scroll into his arms and said, "Open it and show it to the Queen Mother."

The palace attendant's eyelids trembled, he glanced at the empress, and finally stretched out his hand to open the seal, and pulled away the red and black ink edict, he just glanced at it, and almost knelt down.

"Your Majesty..." He said with a trembling voice, "Please read it."

The empress looked at him incredulously, she became furious, kicked him to the ground, and the imperial edict fell to the ground with a clang.

"How dare you be so presumptuous!"

She stood on the steps panting, trying to maintain the only dignity she had.And a person dressed as a court lady came out from the dark place, and she took a closer look, and found that the person was the palace maid who had been serving her for many years.

The man said with a stern look: "Your Majesty has fallen ill again, and this servant will pass on to the imperial physician."

"There are still many copies of the imperial edict, and my mother tore it up at will, but I will definitely receive an answer tomorrow,

Chu Jun smiled slightly, and the crimson purple royal robe swayed gracefully on the smooth floor tiles. She turned and left, but her voice echoed in every corner of the hall.

The author has something to say: I recently found out that there is a pirated version, how can I say it, I knew it a long time ago, but I still feel very complicated when I really found it

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