Chapter 101 The War is Over "Then you will die"
After that conversation, Luo Wan and Qingyun confirmed the identity of the deadly master in Wanlei Sect, who was Qingyun's junior fellow apprentice.
Qingyun thought that he still had some unresolved grudges with his junior fellow apprentice, so he went down the mountain with Luo Wan.
Fortunately, the poison in Liu Shuyi's body was relieved.
The poison that was forced into her body was not that strong. With the help of silver needles and the help of herbal medicine, the toxicity could be temporarily suppressed.
However, this method can only treat the symptoms and cannot completely eliminate the problem.
After several acupuncture treatments, Liu Shuyi looked much better, and the scary dark circles on his lips and around his eyes gradually faded away, making him look like a normal person.
However, Qingyun privately told Luo Wan: "Silver needles and medicinal stones can only extend her life for two years at most."
"Two years is a precious time for Shuyi and me." Shen Zhiyan came over at some point and bowed solemnly to Qingyun, "Thank you, sir, for saving me."
Qingyun returned the greeting with a bow, saying, "Junior brother's poison creation has caused great harm to others. It is my sect's misfortune that Miss Liu has suffered such an undeserved disaster. I...will apologize to Miss Liu on behalf of Junior brother."
Luo Wan frowned: "You are you, he is him, the evil he did has nothing to do with you."
"That's right," Shen Zhiyan continued, "He is your junior apprentice, and only your junior apprentice. The cause and effect are not yours."
Qingyun said nothing more and left with the medicine box.
Shen Zhiyan turned around, his gaze passing through the half-open door and landing on Liu Shuyi who was sleeping peacefully inside. After lingering for a moment, he turned to Luo Wan and whispered, "Come walk with me."
Yanmen City was broken and most of the buildings in the city were burned down. The secret agents of Tingyu Tower in the city were inevitably implicated, so they temporarily moved to a bamboo house on the outskirts of the city.
There are mountains behind the bamboo house and a large bamboo forest in front of it. It is isolated from the disturbance and noise of the outside world and is actually a good place to recuperate.
The two were walking along a winding stone path through the bamboo forest, the wind rustling the bamboo leaves. Luo Wan thought for a long time, then stopped and asked, "When you bolted the door, were you planning to die there?"
Shen Zhiyan rarely saw her so angry, and he felt like laughing: "Yes."
The more frankly he answered, the more intensely the nameless anger burned in Luo Wan's heart.
"I've arranged everything." Shen Zhiyan looked into the depths of the bamboo forest. "Yue'er will stay away from disputes. If I don't die, he'll have to hide with me forever. I don't want him to be displaced all his life."
What's more, he couldn't bear to let Liu Shuyi die alone on the city wall.
However, it is said that after that, a fire inexplicably broke out on the Yanmen City Tower, and the corpses on it were all disfigured beyond recognition.
Everyone in the world thought Shen Zhiyan was dead.
Luo Wan asked: "What are you going to do next?"
"I have no regrets for the Northern Kingdom. I'll leave with Shuyi once her condition stabilizes. She hasn't seen Yue'er in a long time, and she said she missed him last night." Shen Zhiyan asked, "You haven't seen Yue'er yet, have you? I'll show you when I have the chance."
Luo Wan nodded gently: "Okay."
Three or four days had passed since we left the city wall that day.
Although Liu Shuyi's condition has improved, he is destined to be a medicine jar in the future, dealing with medicinal herbs and silver needles all day long.
On this day, Shen's old subordinates came to support him.
After a few people said goodbye, Luo Wan watched the green-covered carriage rumble away and disappear at the end of the official road.
Ah Qing stood behind her, and when the car was out of sight, he asked in a low voice, "Master, are we going to Qiandeng Town?"
Luo Wan withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "Let's go back to the capital first."
Ah Qing thought about it and felt it necessary to remind him: "The Yun Kingdom army has reached the capital, and I'm afraid things are not going well there."
"I know."
She had selfish motives, she wanted to see him again.
The high priest’s martial arts skills are unfathomable. If I don’t see him this time, I don’t know if I will ever see him again.
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The army was unstoppable, captured two cities in a row, and approached the capital.
The palace was already in chaos, with palace servants running everywhere.
Bei Yeji was furious in the Imperial Palace, his eyes bloodshot. "Isn't Shen Zhiyan dead?! Thousands of arrows were fired outside Yanmen City, Shen Zhiyan must have been turned into a sieve long ago, and then burned to charcoal! Just because of a different way of death, the old man, Emperor Yun, who is half buried in the ground, dares to regret it!"
Lei Yuanjie advised: "Your Majesty, the best thing to do now is to leave as soon as possible. As long as you can save your life, there is no need to worry about not making a comeback."
Beiye Ji shouted: "Where is she? Where is she!"
"Bring it up."
Two guards escorted a woman into the palace and threw her heavily to the ground. The cold hairpin swayed, splashing a crisp sound on her cheek.
Jiang Yuanan slowly raised his head and looked at the almost insane man in front of him.
The next moment, her jaw was strangled fiercely.
Bei Yeji gritted his teeth: "Will she come to save you? Will Jiang Cichen come to save her?"
Jiang Yuanan grabbed Bei Yeji's wrist, pried it apart a little, and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, just try it and you'll know."
"Your Majesty, we have to go!"
Bei Ye Ji glanced outside the palace. The trees had fallen and monkeys were scattered everywhere. There were corpses lying all over the place and gold, silver and jewelry all over the ground.
The azure sky was endless and cloudless. Such good weather turned out to be the beginning of Beiye Ji's exile.
The army of Yun Kingdom arrived outside the palace, and the fate of the Northern Kingdom finally came to an end, with no room for maneuver.
Before the Yun army could break through the gate, someone immediately opened the palace gate from the inside.
The midday sun was blazing, and the leading young man squinted lazily. He had ridden a white horse, half of its body splattered with blood, yet he himself remained dignified, elegant, and spotless.
The front of the hall was filled with trembling men and women kneeling, forming a sharp contrast with the young man on the tall horse.
No one had expected that the traitorous minister would lead his cavalry to break through the gate of the Northern Palace.
"Young General!" A woman suddenly crawled out from the crowd and grabbed the hem of the young man's robe. "On the night when the Jiang family was persecuted, my father spoke up for the old general... Please, for the sake of our past friendship, spare our lives..."
Before she could finish her words, she was dragged back by the Yun army in white armor.
Jiang Cichen raised his eyebrows nonchalantly: "Those who throw down their weapons and surrender will not be killed. Those who stubbornly resist will be beheaded."
After searching the entire palace, Chen Nanyuan reported, "Sir, Bei Yeji has escaped."
Jiang Cichen snorted and laughed, raised the spear in his hand, and aimed it at the plaque on the main gate of Huangji Palace. With a "swoosh", the tip of the spear pierced into the center of the plaque, and the plaque shattered and fell on the jade steps.
Jiang Cichen gently pulled the reins, and the white horse turned obediently.
The Princess's Mansion.
The mansion had long been surrounded by people, not even a fly could get in or out, all the servants were controlled, and the only owner was half lying alone on the soft couch in the inner hall.
As soon as he entered the hall, Jiang Cichen smelled the familiar scent of burning incense. The furnishings remained the same, but the person on the couch looked much older.
In his memory, Princess Kunyi has always been worthy of the four words "Phoenix Yi Wanqian".
Hearing footsteps, Kunyi slowly opened his eyes and called out to the figure outside the veil: "Ci Chen, is that you?"
Hearing no response, Kunyi sat up straight and said, "The war was tough, and you haven't been back to the capital for a long time."
Seeing her stand up and walk out, Jiang Cichen said calmly: "The war is over."
Kun Yi paused as he lifted the veil, nodding repeatedly: "It's good that it's over, it's good that it's over. So, when you return to Beijing this time, you won't leave again, right?"
Without waiting for a response, she continued, "I've already told my royal brother that you're only fifteen, how can I send you off to fight."
"Who should we send, then?" Jiang Cichen lifted the veil and said calmly, "Jiang Shu has already died in your hands."
The Buddhist beads that Kunyi was twisting in his hand suddenly broke, and the sandalwood beads scatter all over the ground with a crackling sound.
Jiang Cichen lowered his eyes to scan the scattered Buddhist beads, then slowly raised his eyes: "Did you kill Uncle Xie's family as well?"
"You already know everything." Kun Yi was unusually calm, without regret, only helpless. "I have no choice. If I don't kill them, this secret will be exposed sooner or later. The only thing I didn't expect is that Bei Yeji would tell you the whole truth out of fear and force you to betray the country."
She paused, frowned, and said, "I never thought you would come this far."
Jiang Cichen smiled lazily: "So, those first few words, you were lying to me again?"
Pretending to have a disordered memory, acting hypocritically.
"Why would I lie to you again now?" Kun Yi said, "It's true that I didn't want you to go to war back then. Do you really not know how I've treated you over the years?"
Jiang Cichen said coldly: "It's because I know that I feel disgusted."
"What can I do?" Kun Yi finally lost control. "When you fall in love with someone in the future, they will understand what it's like to spend every night with someone else while you toss and turn day and night. It's worse than death!"
A trace of emotion finally crossed the young man's handsome face: "Then go die."
"Why should I die?" Kun Yi straightened her back. "I'm a legitimate princess of the Northern Kingdom. How am I inferior to that Xiao Qing? He and I have been childhood sweethearts, and how long have he and Xiao Qing known each other? She even pretends to call me sisters. In order not to disappoint Jiang Shu, I have to pretend to be sisters with her. Every time, I feel anxious!"
Kun Yi's voice became increasingly shrill. "If anyone has to die, it should be Xiao Qing! As for Jiang Shu, I never intended to kill him. How could I have the heart to kill him? It was him who insisted on dying with Xiao Qing! Do you know how much my heart ached when I saw him crawling towards Xiao Qing's corpse, shouting 'Qing' over and over again!?"
"I was thinking, if he could do this to me, it wouldn't matter if I died there."
Looking at Kunyi's distorted expression, Jiang Cichen's face showed a strong disgust.
Every preference I had in my youth seems ridiculous at this moment.
For sword practice, she gave him the best sword in the north; for horse riding and archery, she gave him a rare horse from the Western Regions, and even made his clothes embroidered with the most precious brocade and Suzhou embroidery.
This childless princess practically held him in her arms and pampered him. Although not of royal blood, he lived a more noble life than the princes.
But it is hard to say whether it is because of guilt or something else.
Unintentionally, he had received so many favors from his enemies.
He even treats his enemies as if they were his closest relatives. It's really disgusting.
"I don't want to kill you myself," Jiang Cichen said indifferently, "You can burn yourself."
Kunyi stared at him in astonishment. "Self-immolation? Jiang Cichen, you completely disregard all the kindness they've shown me over the years of raising you? Besides giving birth to you, have they done anything for you? I was the one who raised you!"
Jiang Cichen sneered. He truly felt that Kunyi had a unique way of thinking.
If it weren't for her, he would have had both parents, and she even had the nerve to mention the grace of raising him.
Even without her, he would have grown up safely in the Jiang Mansion.
"I'm not hanging you in front of the city wall because I'm keeping our past friendship in mind." Jiang Cichen stood with his arms crossed. "Don't even think Bei Yeji will send someone to rescue you. The Northern Kingdom is already dead."
Since Bei Yeji ascended the throne, Kunyi has been trapped in the Princess's Mansion all day long, knowing nothing about the situation in the outside world. Only then did he learn from Jiang Cichen that the Northern Kingdom had been destroyed.
"Jiang Cichen, have you forgotten your last name?" Kun Yi pointed at him with a trembling hand. "Your last name is Jiang, not Xiao! You are a descendant of Jiang Wuyan, a founding general of the Northern Kingdom. Could your ancestors have imagined that the land they have protected for generations would be conquered by their own descendants in collusion with foreign enemies?"
The young man picked up the candlestick on the table indifferently, looked at it for a moment, and threw it towards the hanging gauze curtain.
Flames suddenly rose, and Jiang Cichen said, "Princess, please don't worry about this."
The Northern Kingdom was destroyed, and the people she personally trained wanted to burn her to death!
Kunyi suddenly smiled. She picked up the brocade beside the couch and fanned the fire with her own hands, letting the blazing flames gradually engulf the entire room.
"Jiang Cichen, you're just like your father." Kun Yi said sarcastically, "Equally hard-hearted, equally selfish and arrogant."
In the light of the fire, Jiang Cichen saw the flames climbing up her sleeves and said kindly, "You might suffer less if you bang your head against the wall."
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