Chapter 366 Another Winter Day
The unconscious Murong Xun was taken back to the inn in a nearby town by the housekeeper.
Murong Xun was in a coma for almost two days before waking up.
When he woke up, the housekeeper said that the bodies of He Yan and Murong Wan had been collected.
Murong Xun reacted slowly when he heard this.
His eyes were blank for a while.
"What?"
"Your Highness, please accept my condolences. The dead cannot be resurrected. The princess, the princess, and the prince are all gone. Your Highness, please take care of yourself."
Murong Xun showed a hint of doubt in his eyes, and asked with his cracked lips:
"What princess and prince?"
The housekeeper was also stunned, and called out in panic, "Prince?"
Murong Xun murmured:
"Xuan'er, I want to go find Xuan'er."
The housekeeper quickly grabbed Murong Xun:
"My Lord, the princess is gone."
The housekeeper said that “all” were not there.
But Murong Xun acted as if he didn't hear anything, and insisted on getting up from the bed, muttering to himself:
"Xuan'er...I'm going to find Xuan'er..."
"Xuan'er will come to see me..."
"Xuan'er won't fall off the cliff. She's so good at martial arts..."
He seemed to have returned to more than ten years ago when Pei Xuan had just left Prince Gong's Mansion. The only thing he remembered in his mind was the corner of Pei Xuan's clothes disappearing on the wall.
Murong Xun got up from the bed, but his legs were weak when he got out of bed. If the housekeeper hadn't supported him, he would have knelt on the ground.
The housekeeper brought some porridge for Murong Xun to eat.
Murong Xun's complexion looked slightly better, but he insisted on going out again.
The housekeeper and the guard had no choice but to help Murong Xun out.
It didn't snow these two days, it was sunny both times.
The snow on the road melted a lot and the weather became colder.
Murong Xun rode his horse crookedly and headed towards the gate of Chang'an City again.
The south gate of Chang'an City was guarded by troops.
This is already the end of the third day after the war.
The villagers of Heifei Mountain have had a good rest and recovered their spirits over the past two days.
Hao Ren seemed to be in better spirits than before.
The burden that had been weighing on my heart for many years was lifted, and I no longer felt as heavy as before.
More and more people know that he is Pei Lingyun.
He now shows his true face and no longer needs to use disguise to cover it up.
The fire in Chang'an City was finally put out.
Hao Ren and others are finally about to enter Chang'an City.
Su Zhizhi and other villagers from Heifei Mountain were also in the team.
When they arrived at the city gate, they saw Murong Xun, who looked haggard, riding a horse and looking around at the city gate.
Hao Ren's true appearance has always attracted the most attention.
Even though Murong Xun was crazy, he still saw Hao Ren at a glance.
His body shook:
"Pei... Lingyun."
Hao Ren looked at him coldly without saying a word.
Murong Xun was trying to rush forward on his horse, and the housekeeper and guards couldn't stop him.
But the Montenegrin soldiers stopped him mercilessly.
Murong Xun shouted loudly to Hao Ren across the soldiers' swords.
He yelled in a way that was a bit uncontrollable and crazy, like a trapped animal spinning around:
"Pei Lingyun...it's you, I know it's you!"
"You're not dead! You're back... Where is Xuan'er? Did you hide Xuan'er..."
"Where's Xuan'er?!"
Hao Ren looked at Murong Xun with indifference and contempt, and opened his thin lips slightly:
"Murong Xun, the reason I didn't kill you wasn't to spare your life. It was because I knew Xuan'er wouldn't want to see you in her grave."
"You are not worthy of mentioning Xuan'er."
Murong Xun ignored Hao Ren's words, but his eyes drifted to the whip on Su Zhizhi's waist.
Just like the scene in the previous episode, Murong Xun trembled all over when he saw the whip and recognized it as the Golden Dragon Whip.
But he didn't recognize Su Zhizhi.
Murong Xun looked up at the girl riding on the horse.
The girl's face was hidden in the backlight and her appearance could not be seen clearly, but Murong Xun's eyes clearly remembered Pei Xuan's appearance when she was young.
He even saw Pei Xuan's fierce look as if he was about to order him around, and then he burst out laughing right after he finished being fierce.
Murong Xun exerted even greater strength, trying to rush to Su Zhizhi.
"Xuan'er, you're still alive... you're still alive..."
"You're here to take me away, right? Take me away..."
Su Zhizhi approached on horseback.
She did not dismount, but just sat there looking down at Murong Xun who was jostle with the soldiers.
Murong Xun became even more excited when he saw Su Zhizhi approaching:
"Xuan'er, I'm waiting for you. I've been waiting for you..."
"You said I owed you a life. Your sword strike failed to take my life... Come back and take it..."
Su Zhizhi pulled out the golden dragon whip from her waist and lashed it hard on the ground.
Pop.
The mud splashed and the sound was harsh.
Su Zhizhi asked: "Are you a little more sober?"
"Of course you owe my mother a life. If it weren't for my mother, you would have died in the hands of the bandits long ago."
The golden dragon whip waved beside him, and Murong Xun regained consciousness for a brief moment.
He heard Su Zhizhi say:
"You are too weak to fight or even die. You can only live a timid and mediocre life."
"My mother wouldn't even come to take a life like yours. She wouldn't want you to be her father, just like I wouldn't want you to be my father."
Murong Xun opened his mouth: "No, you don't understand, the relationship between Xuan'er and me..."
Wu Yingniang couldn't help herself at this time. She felt that the red tasseled spear in her hand was about to jump out:
"What is it about you that makes Xuan'er care about you? Are you a talented writer or a skilled martial artist? Did you sacrifice your life to protect her or are you loyal to her?!"
"You're such a coward, what are you talking about? You keep saying you'll kill me when Xuan'er comes. What the hell do you think your life is worth?"
"If you want to die, do it yourself quickly and don't involve Xuan'er. Xuan'er doesn't want to see you get into trouble and die!"
Wu Yingniang's curses were sharp and rude.
In recent years, the bandit has turned to business and started to do business. She has also learned to use elegant words, and sometimes even quotes from classics under the influence of Hao Ren.
But Murong Xun was not worthy of her speaking in such a literary way.
When she looks at a person, she doesn't look at what he says, but only at what he does.
What's the point of just talking when you can't do anything? If you can't help the people around you, you will only pretend to be pitiful.
Wu Yingniang comes from the underworld and is decisive in her actions. She despises people who do not practice what they preach.
Murong Xun's face turned pale after being scolded.
He always thought that he loved Pei Xuan deeply, but when Wu Yingniang scolded him, he couldn't say a word to refute.
Su Zhizhi finally said:
"You said you loved my mother deeply, but what have you ever done for her? Even after she died, you used her as an excuse, saying she didn't come to take your life, so you lived on."
"Now that you know my mother is dead, do you dare to go after her?"
Murong Xun staggered back a step, his lips trembling so much that he couldn't speak.
Su Zhizhi sneered and rode away.
After Hao Ren and his group left, Murong Xun, who was supported by the housekeeper, became confused again.
Murong Xun was shaking and crying.
He suddenly shook off the butler's hand and ran in the opposite direction of the city gate.
"You lied to me... You all lied to me!"
"Xuan'er is not dead... I'm going to find Xuan'er..."
He doesn't listen to others and he doesn't believe what others say.
Murong Xun ran desperately.
It was as if I had gone back to many years ago and was robbed and killed by bandits.
At that time, he just kept running and running until he ran into Pei Xuan who was riding a horse.
The road is slippery due to the melted snow.
Murong Xun fell down, got up again and continued running forward.
His robe was torn and his arms were cut by the stones on the ground and were bleeding.
But he still kept running.
He ran against the wind and the light, gasping for breath, wanting to run back to the summer when he first met Pei Xuan.
As long as he keeps running, a heroic girl will ride a horse into his life again.
In the distance, there really was the sound of horse hooves and whips lashing.
Murong Xun ran towards the horse in ecstasy.
He could not see the soldiers on the galloping horses, nor could he hear the soldiers yelling at him to get out of the way.
He watched the horses approaching and smiled.
The smile on his face did not disappear until the horse's hooves crushed his sternum.
The shouts of the butler and guards were faint in his ears.
He only saw a girl with a flamboyant smile on the horse's back, who said to him fiercely:
"Hey, why are you so slow? I've been waiting for you for a long time!"
Murong Xun smiled with red eyes.
Well, I was too slow.
After all this time, I finally came after you...
“Your Majesty—!”
The butler's wails were carried away by the wind.
Murong Xun's body gradually cooled down.
Someone was walking towards me from the snow.
Honeysuckle walks slowly but steadily.
She had originally followed Su Zhizhi and the others into Chang'an City, but she stopped when she saw Murong Xun.
Rendong walked closer and saw that Murong Xun's chest was sunken at a strange angle.
She just stood there in the cold winter wind and watched for a while.
Finally, she slowly turned around and walked towards the city gate.
Chang'an City is also very cold this winter.
The trees are withered and the city is covered with frost and snow.
She turned her head and saw a honeysuckle nearby.
The small red fruits are dotted on the branches, like congealed blood beads, silently fighting against the cold winter.
She laughed and cried while watching it.
In the 13th year of Zhaoqing, she survived another winter.
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