Drunken Exquisiteness

Ye Tianling shook Qing Chen's hand after Liu Guangyu stepped back, and led her to look at Hengling, "Do you know there is a green valley in Hengling?"

Qing Chen shook his head and said: "Never heard of it."

Ye Tianling Bolu smiled: "It's not too far from here, I'll take you tomorrow."

"What are you going there for?"

Ye Tianling said, "Don't you want to see where I really learn swords? I will take you to meet someone."

"Huh?" Qing Chen was surprised, "Who is it that you are worth seeing at this time?"

"Although this person and I don't have the name of a teacher and apprentice, they have the truth of a teacher and apprentice." Before Ye Tianling could finish, he saw eleven strides ascending the city head, his sword eyebrows frowned, and his steps hurriedly, "Four brothers!" He approached and said, "There is an accident in the Chinese army."

Qing Chen's heart sank suddenly, and the interest in talking and laughing just disappeared instantly.

"The army of grain and grass escorted by Wei Qian from the right capital was robbed in Guyuan Mountain. The army escorted 18,000 people and was wiped out without a lifetime. The grain road into northern Xinjiang has been cut off. Yu Su robbed the grain and grass on the spot. All were burned, and the Chinese army was besieged in the Jedi north of Yanzhou with all their strength. There was a heavy snowfall in Yanzhou recently. The Chinese army suffered a lot from the snow. Several raids were unsuccessful. Instead, they were attacked by the enemy. Divided into two places."

Ye Tianling's expression slowly became solemn. The reason why he did not approve of invigorating northern Xinjiang was because of the harsh weather in northern Xinjiang in winter. Yu Su's rebels are stationed here all year round, and they have long been accustomed to the wind, snow and cold. However, the heavenly soldiers came from everywhere. Except for the Xuanjia army, they had difficulty adapting to such weather. Yu Su took advantage of this time to raise his troops to take advantage of the time and place. Once the climate changes suddenly, the situation may change greatly.

The previous victories and defeats will all be added to this moment. Yu Su knows this well, so he has to resolve the Chinese army as soon as possible before the opponent's two armies meet, so as to be able to deal with Ye Tianling's West Route Army. It seems that God also had the intention of helping each other at this time. Finally, Blizzard turned Northern Xinjiang into a Jedi, making the Chinese Army into an unprecedented predicament.

Qing Chen's hand held by Ye Tianling gradually became cold, and she looked at the icy and snowy northern border, frowning her eyebrows.

"Order the generals to enter the Dingzhou Mansion to discuss matters." Ye Tianling said to Eleven, then looked back at Qing Chen deeply, "You go back to the hall first, and I will go over after discussing this matter."

Qing Chen stood quietly in front of the corridor in the hotel a stone's throw from Dingzhou.

On a sunny day without wind, and a rare good weather in winter, the sun passed through the dead leaves without any obstruction, slowly melting the residual snow covering the eaves of the branches, and pattering down the smooth feldspar before the court.

At this time, it is difficult to imagine what the violent snowstorms in Yanzhou are like. The Chinese army is trapped in the wild valley and the cliffs of thousands of mountains, without the birds and beasts. Once the supply of food and grass is cut off, the larger the army, the more likely it will be dragged down. If the control fails, there may even be disastrous consequences of defeat.

Qing Chen sighed silently, and settled to listen to the occasional sound of water droplets in front of the eaves. Leaked quietly, more than two hours later, Ye Tianling still did not come back. She wanted to turn around and go to the palace several times, but she held it back. She knew what was right and wrong between her and Ye Tianzhan, Ye Tianling knew everything in her heart from beginning to end, but he tolerated all her emotions, and she didn't want to add more to this subtlety.

Mingzhi walked quickly across the atrium to this side, and when he reached Qing Chen, he bowed one knee and said: "Phoenix Lord."

"How?" Qing Chen asked without looking back.

"The army is divided into three paths, following General Tang to take Lincang all the way, with His Royal Highness Che all the way to seize the crossbeam, and the remaining His Royal Highness personally leads the army and directly attacks Yanzhou." The secret voice was flat, like the expression on Qing Chen's face. , She turned her head slightly and asked: "Where is the Chinese Army?"

Ming Zhi said: "There is no arrangement."

"When to set off?"

"The day after tomorrow."

Qing Chen's eyebrows closed involuntarily and turned around and said: "I know, you go." But suddenly she saw Yin Caiqian standing in front of the door and staring at her with wide eyes.

"His Royal Highness actually saw death and couldn't save it!" Yin Caiqian was stunned, "I'll go to him and ask!"

"Come back." Qing Chen said slowly, not loud, but very clear. Yin Caiqian stagnated and stopped.

"Can you convince him?" Qing Chen turned and glanced at her, walking slowly into the room.

With a bit of anxiety in her eyes, Yin Caiqian glanced at Dingzhou Mansion and turned around and said: "I can't, but you can change his decision. Now only you can help Brother Zhan."

Qing Chen smiled slightly: "You are wrong, his decision will not be influenced by anyone, and neither will I."

Yin Caiqian's expression changed: "You...you are so cruel!"

Qing Chen stepped into the room, and the white fur flicked lightly, seeming to bring a trace of the floating snow. Yin Caiqian took a few steps to catch up with her and said: "You are really as hard-hearted as he is, and you never thought about Brother Zhan? Brother Zhan was infatuated with you. At the beginning, his aunt did not agree with him to ask for a marriage, and he did not hesitate to disobey his mother and insisted on marrying. You. When you got married, he defies the imperial decree and will return to Tiandu. That day, my Highness and I followed him to leave the Lingwang Mansion. Do you know how sad he was? When he married the princess, he was drunk and shouted on the wedding night. Your name! Even if you are ruthless and unrighteous to him, don't you even have the heart to help him? Do you just watch the Fourth Highness borrow a knife to kill?"

Qing Chen's eyes were deep and she quietly listened to Yin Caiqian's questioning. She could not connect Ye Tianzhan's Junya figure at the wedding ceremony in her memory with the drunk appearance. He smiled like a spring breeze that day, he was as warm as a jade, he didn't even look at her more, and he coped with the casual smiles among the guests.

At that time, she saw him holding his princess, time was shattered and facing mottled, Li Tang embraced Xu Feifei.

Through the crimson glow, she carefully studied his appearance with a complicated mood, sighing silently in his spring breeze smile.

In that sigh, there was unspeakable sorrow, a little bit of soaking in the most fragile part of the atrium, turning into a bitter taste, overflowing every corner.

For the rest of their lives, they both knew about the inability to break free, but they pretended to be confused in different ways.

Some things are hardly confused.

She didn't want to let the emotions in her heart leak half of it in front of anyone, looking at Yin Caiqian's anger that brightened her eyes, and said lightly: "If you really think for the sake of His Highness Seven, you'd better forget everything you just said. It’s clean, otherwise it’s really hurting him."

"Do you care?" Yin Caiqian asked bitterly looking at her quiet and indifferent eyes.

"He will be fine."

"Heh!" Yin Caiqian sneered and said sarcastically, "The Chinese army is in distress, and the Four Highnesses have no intention of sending troops to rescue. Everyone knows that this northern Xinjiang battle is not trivial. If there is an accident to Brother Zhan, you will all Satisfactory, right? His Royal Highness Eleven also stood on the sidelines, this method is really clever!"

The corner of Qing Chen’s lips clicked, she deserves to be the daughter of a celebrity. Although Yin Caiqian is arrogant and self-willed, she understands some things naturally, but she doesn’t understand some things: "I’m still saying that. You should know more about the Four Highnesses. ." She pointed to the case: "You open it and have a look."

Yin Caiqian uncomprehendingly opened a scroll that Qing Chen was referring to, which was a map of the Four Realms Military Aircraft. Qing Chen didn't look at it, and stood in front of the window to watch a few branches of winter plums in a white jade vase: "Lincang is a place where Yu Suo rebels stocks food, and Yanzhou is also a pivotal city in northern Xinjiang. He is divided into two groups. Taking these two places is a plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, and the rebels will not sit idly by. But the use of troops in these two places is a false move. His real intention is to take the beam. Have you seen the beam? The beam is located in the south branch of Hengling. The junction with Guyuan Mountain is the only way for the Chinese army to get out of trouble. This place is in Yu Su's hands for a day, and the Chinese army can only sit in trouble for the city, and only by controlling the pass here can the broken grain road be restored. The three-way arrangement is interlocking. Once the 11th and the Chinese army rendezvous, the two false soldiers will become actual offensives. At that time, the Yanzhou rebels will be at the dead end of the enemy. This is his goal. Killing with a knife is good, but he It may not be bothered to use it, and it will not be used at this time." She said quietly.

Yin Caiqian is not as familiar with military plane maps as Qing Chen. After looking at it for a long while, Fang Jiang is suspicious: "Even if you said, why do you have to send troops only after the next day? It's a risk to drag the army for a day."

A plum blossom lightly fell on the palm of his palm, and Qing Chen sighed silently: "His Royal Highness Seven will be safe. You only need to know this."

"How can you be so sure?" Yin Caiqian asked.

"Because I believe him." Qing Chen said quietly, turning to look at Yin Caiqian, "Caiqian, you can feel a little bit about what it's like to be caught between your family's relatives and Prince Ling's mansion. Already? I can understand how you feel about him, and he makes me love willingly. But if you can’t understand him and trust him, this kind of feeling will ruin you sooner or later, and it won’t bring him the slightest joy. . Sorry, I won’t let this happen. There can only be one princess in Ling Wang’s mansion. As for His Highness Seven, my heart is given to one person, so I can’t tolerate others anymore. Today I’m just saying everything, maybe You can also relax in the future."

Yin Caiqian's eyebrows tightened and surprise flashed in her eyes. Qing Chen turned around and saw Ye Tianling standing in front of the door.

Yin Caiqian's surprise was not because of Ye Tianling's appearance, but accidentally seeing a faint smile on his face. She had never seen such a look like Tian Ling overnight in her memory. It was not cold, arrogant, or fierce and majestic, but a faint smile on the corners of her lips. He seemed to be a different person when he looked at Qing Chen, although Only a moment.

Ye Tianling took Qing Chen out of the hall, Feng Chi and Yun Cheng were already waiting outside. The two of them left Dingzhou City all the way north, Ye Tianling said: "With the feet of the wind and the clouds, we will be back tomorrow before sunset."

Qing Chen asked: "Go to Green Valley?"

Ye Tianling nodded, and Qing Chen hesitated slightly and said, "Must go now?"

Ye Tianling glanced over her face, did not miss the faint worries in her eyes, but raised her eyebrows and smiled: "With me, don't worry about others."

Qing Chen let out a soft "um", and raised her eyes to touch him. After he smiled, his deep eyes looked like an ancient well, and there was no trace of the frontline of the wind and clouds. It was as clear as ink, and the only thing he saw was a white plain face, rippling in the deep bottom with incomparable clarity.

When Qing Chen spoke, she didn't deliberately conceal it. In fact, he didn't ask for anything. He promised her some things, but only at the bottom line. She knew that. The Chinese army must be shocked, but this defeat is inevitable. Only one person can win this battle against the rebellion. This is also a bet between her and the Feng family.

Seeing her silent, Ye Tianling said: "Don't underestimate the seventh brother. He led the army to quell the Baiyue people's rebellion in Yunnan, and he could calmly deal with his opponents everywhere in the mud and poisonous marshes. The heavy snow enclave is nothing compared to the poisonous miasma in the deep mountains and dense forests. He is not inferior to me in martial arts, and there are many capable people among his staff who cannot die."

Only then did Qing Chen remember that she had seen Tian Zhan's skill in the night, playing the jade flute, defeating the enemy, and rarely seen fierceness. That kind of gentleness would always make people overlook something. She might not know him better than Ye Tianling. some. The hair was fluttering with the wind, and she smiled and said: "The three states in Qimen Pass have just been recovered. There will always be a day and a half of the arrangement, and you can't immediately transfer the army to leave. It seems unreasonable for you to take a leisurely time."

Ye Tianling said indifferently, "Li Bu and Liu Guangyu are very useful, and there are also eleven brothers. Let's go and get back soon."

The grasslands of northern Xinjiang are deserted and deserted. Under the long sunny and cold blue sky, the sun is in the sky, penetrating the white clouds and reflecting the color of dark silver. The gusts of wind blow the clouds quickly passing by, as if the sun is floating on the grassland with the wind, forming a strange phenomenon. Landscape. The wind chi and the clouds are as elegant as clouds, all the way through the low hills of the plain, and soon into the Hengling Mountains.

Xue Zhan was tired of waiting in Qing Chen immediately, jumped down and ran around alone, Qing Chen didn't care, and it would follow by itself in a few moments. The Hengling Mountains are long, and all the way north is icy and snowy, covered with white snow everywhere, and the sun reflects a crystal luster. Ye Tianling simply rode together with Qing Chen, ringing her in front of him with the wind cloak. Qing Chen leaned on his body warmly, and the surrounding fields were silent, the birds were rare, and there were no people. The peaks and ridges were very open under the snow. She raised her eyes to Ye Tianling and said, "Four brothers, it's so quiet here. You said if we kept going like this, where would we go?"

Ye Tianling looked at the frozen mountains in the distance, and smiled: "Want to know? How about we walk around?"

Qing Chen pursed her lips and said nothing, after a while Fang said: "There are only two of us."

Ye Tianling nodded: "Okay, the sky is big, you can go anywhere you want."

"Are you tired from walking?" Qing Chen asked.

Ye Tianling thought about it, and said: "Then find a place anywhere, in a city or in a rural village, near the water or by the mountain, and we will live when you choose."

Qing Chen smiled faintly, the color of ice and snow reflected in the gentleness: "I will make soup for you to wash your hands, and I can cook for you every day."

Ye Tianling looked at her and said with a low smile, "Aren't you afraid of trouble?"

Qing Chen raised her eyebrows, "Then you do."

Her slender fingers were held in her palm by Ye Tianling, covered with a touch of real warmth. Ye Tianling said nonchalantly, "As long as you dare to eat."

There was a clean and masculine breath on his body, as cold as snow and as clear as wind, Qing Chen's ears were itchy with the warm breath when he lowered his head. She hid slightly, only to find that he was deliberate, and the crisp laughter sounded in the vast snow.

At this moment, there are no sly clouds in the court, no scheming on the battlefield. It seems that there are really only two of them left in the pure world. Like a fire, it was Huang Ye Pianfei who smiled right, passing through the spring and autumn, a long life, no matter which road you choose, no matter where you will go.

The snowy road is vast, and the mountain has an end. After a while, Ye Tianling pointed forward with the whip in his hand: "We are here."

Qing Chen looked along the way, and found that as he went forward, the surrounding rocks gradually turned from blue-gray to a crystal-clear dark green. The snowy ground looked like a pile of jade from a distance, and a vein of blue color stretched deep along the valley. Close by, in the shadow of the white snow, the colors of the rocks vary in intensity, some like the first blooms of tender willows, and some like peacock feathers. They are very beautiful against the white snow. She couldn't help saying: "No wonder it's called here. Green Valley, there is such a wonder."

Ye Tianling said, "The more you go to the middle of the valley, the more emerald colors you get, and you keep going south until Pingdie Mountain, which we encountered for the first time, gradually faded."

Qing Chen said casually: "Is Pingdi Mountain close to here? I really want to go back and see it. I always think it's very special. When we are free, let's go back once, OK? I will bring the spirit stone to bead and see the meeting. No magical things will happen again."

"Don't go." Ye Tianling said.

"Huh?" Qing Chen asked strangely, "Why?"

"What's so good about burned out?" Ye Tianling said lightly.

Qing Chen immediately turned around and looked up, looking at him puzzled. Ye Tianling glanced down at her inquiry, reached out and rubbed the top of her head to make her turn back. Qing Chen suddenly felt his arms tighten, as if subconsciously, but firmly encircled her.

Then Ye Tianling wrapped the horse's rein around his wrist at random, and completely encircled her in his arms with both hands. It was a gesture of declaring possession and protection, but hesitated vaguely and a little uncertainly.

Qing Chenfeng raised her eyes slightly, and a bright light flashed under her long eyelashes: "Four brother, are you afraid of me going back?" She asked with a smile.

"Humph!" Ye Tianling snorted coldly.

"Is that right?" Qing Chen smiled a little mischievously.

Ye Tianling seemed to be determined not to answer, but couldn't hold back Qing Chen's questioning, and finally said helplessly: "You can pretend to be confused occasionally, and it's not a bad thing."

Qing Chen laughed loudly when he heard the words, but heard Ye Tianling's "um" in surprise: "It seems that the person is not there."

The two got off their horses, and Qing Chen saw the stone house in front of the mountain. The door was silent and covered with snow, and there was no sign of people coming in or out. The surroundings seemed unusually quiet for some reason, under the setting sun before the winter. Showing a quiet desolation.

"Wait for me here, I'll go take a look first." Ye Tianling said to Qing Chen, walked quickly to the stone house, reached out and pushed the door, and the white snow rustled down in front of him.

The appearance Tianling described on the night before the stone house is difficult to trace under the cover of heavy snow, only the bishi who tried the sword is faintly visible. Qing Chen walked forward slowly, and suddenly seeing Ye Tianling's figure shook, she noticed the strangeness and stepped forward and asked, "Fourth brother, what's wrong?"

Ye Tianling didn't seem to hear her voice, and froze in front. Qing Chen crossed his shoulders and saw that the remnant wall was empty, with only a sarcophagus placed in it.

Qing Chen gently held Ye Tianling's hand, and words were vaguely engraved on the lid of the coffin under the floating dust. Ye Tianling cleared the dust, revealing some strange words. Qing Chen didn't know him, but after seeing Ye Tianling read it, he sighed for a long time: "No wonder he said he doesn't have to call him a master. I really didn't expect that he was the elder of the Rouran clan and the uncle of his mother and concubine. "

Qing Chen was not surprised that Ye Tianling could understand the words of the Rouran tribe. Ye Tianling fought all the year round and had studied the Mobei tribes, not to mention his mother's tribe. She whispered: "How could this be?"

Ye Tianling calmed his emotions while closing his eyes, and turned to the usual cold and flat: "Everything has a life, there must be death, and a lifetime of eighty-nine is not short." His eyes fell on the sarcophagus again: " I don’t know who this person is."

"Did he make this sarcophagus?" Qing Chen asked.

Ye Tianling nodded, and stroked his fingers on the complicated text on the lid of the coffin: "The Rouran people have a custom of stopping the coffin and burying the coffin afterwards. Looking at the date on the coffin, a full year has passed since today. On the day of the burial, I can at least do this for his old man."

Qing Chen took out the Sipa from her arms, carefully cleaned the sarcophagus that had been dusted for a long time, and put the coffin into the ground together with Ye Tianling.

Ye Tianling looked silent, the old coffin and the new grave were separated from life and death. After everything was completed, the night had enveloped the earth, the moon was cold and the stars were sparse, and there was no wind in the deep valley. The two lit a bonfire with dead pine branches. Qing Chen was sitting next to the big rock, flying flames bit by bit, jumping messily in the boundless night. She quietly watched Ye Tianling chisel a bishi with her own hands, the fire light reflected on his side face, and only deepness was seen in the light and dark.

Ye Tianling hadn't said a word for more than half a day. When the last word was chiselled, he gently raised the long sword in his hand. The fire was bright, unable to suppress the cold from the sword. It was reflected in his bottomless eyes, and it was cold. .

This Guili sword symbolized the supreme imperial power of the heavens and seas. The Rouran clan got this sword, but unfortunately it ended in extinction. When Mu Di attacked Rouran, although he returned home with beauty, his real goal was still this sword that commands the world. Even the emperor who is already at the peak of power does not hesitate to kill and wield his army for thousands of miles, just to obtain a symbol of dominating all directions.

The Rouran clan still preserved this sword. It caused the concubine Lotus to marry the celestial dynasty, and also allowed Ye Tianling to be born in the Taisho Palace overlooking the Central Plains. No matter who his father is, half of him was bloodied by the Rouran clan. , Rouran Clan handed this Guili Sword to his hand in the end.

Ye Tianling slowly got up and put the stone tablet in his hand in front of the newly erected grave. On the side of the sword's edge, a dazzling cold moonlight burst, the wind rose and the snow splashed.

Above the empty snowfield in front of him, in the moonlight, Qing Chen watched Ye Tianling's figure surrounded by sword energy, cold light and white practice flying like a flying. Ye Feng Canxue turned more and more anxiously with the sword roar in his hand, a set of "Eighteen Returning Forms" played to the extreme, the sword aura was arrogant, and he was born out of the sky.

With a clear roar from Ye Tianling, the waves in his chest surged across the mountains, the light of Guilijian faded away, the chill diminished, and the wind and snow all around fell and instantly merged with the silvery white earth.

Where the snow is everywhere, the moon shadow is lonely and cold, and Ye Tianling holds the sword independently. In the endless darkness, he looks up at the unfathomable night sky and whispered: "Master, I have come to see you with my wife. Those who have to leave will have the world. , I will never let you down."