"Gong Yin!"
That cry resounded through Yuzhao Palace, resounded through the sky above Emperor Song, and resounded through the Great Wilderness. In the shout, there was the sound of clanging iron hooves, which swept across the Great Wilderness.
Jing Hengbo was above Miyagi, and saw the bright red banner in front of the black army, like a spark, quickly ignited in the streets and alleys of Dige.
There was no street fighting, no organized resistance, except for a group of imperial forest troops dispatched to form formation in front of the Imperial City Square, Kanglong did not appear where it should appear, and Yuzhao Dragonrider did not even see a shadow.
Play the emperor's song in one day.
This might seem like a miracle, but it's not.
Gong Yin has always been the actual controller of the city. When the owner of the city surrenders, no one can protect it.
This was not achieved in a day, the battle to seize the Emperor's Song should have started from the day Jing Hengbo released the Emperor's Song.
Those roads that have been traveled step by step, those journeys of each country, and the little accumulation of all the strength are all paving the way for returning one day.
The favors left in Xiangguo, the resources obtained from the Ministry of Gold, the help obtained from the Department of Cutting Feathers, the power accumulated in the Tortoiseshell, the reinforcements obtained in the State of Yi and Jade, and even the sheep bought from the State of Ji camel.
Those are the strengths, the acquisitions she has made all the way, and it is the smooth road for her to return all the way.
Otherwise, it would be difficult to get out and even more difficult to get into Di Ge's pattern of many obstacles.
This smooth opening, every step, has been sprinkled with his painstaking efforts.
Nearly two years later, on Yuzhao Palace City, she finally saw those people who chased her and killed her once again, and bowed their heads to her in the dust.
However, what she saw at this moment was not possession, but loss.
There were footsteps behind her, she turned her head and saw Meng Hu and Yu Chun.
The two looked at her with hope and excitement, but they were caught by the great sadness in Jing Hengbo's eyes, and they couldn't speak for a while.
After a while, Yu Chun offered a box with both hands, bowed slightly and said, "Your Majesty, this is the Tiger Talisman of the Kanglong and Yuzhao armies."
"What about others?" Jing Hengbo didn't even look at the box, but just stared at his eyes.
So she didn't notice Yu Chun's suddenly shocked expression.
Meng Hu pursed his lips and lowered his eyes. He continued: "Kanglong's new chief general is a newly promoted general, and he is someone the Lord can trust. The other half of Yuzhao's Tiger Talisman has always been with the commander of Yingda."
"What about others?"
"Your Majesty, the meaning of the lord is to ask you to restore the commanding position of Yingda after your return. In addition, after Xiangguo, Yiguo, Jade, including your own tortoiseshell, and the rest of the tribes who surrendered, please arrange in time to make everyone The family will write a letter to support you as emperor as soon as possible. The sooner this matter is done, the better."
"What about others?"
Meng Hu's throat seemed to be blocked, and after a while, he swallowed, closed his eyes, and said in a weak voice, "I thought you knew."
"Chen..." Yu Chun said with an even more ugly face, "I thought, you know."
The two looked at each other with unspeakable bitterness on their faces, thinking about the Lord's farewell instructions on that day.
"I will leave Dige to solve many years of problems. Whether it goes well or not, I won't come back in the short term. When the Queen returns, you, just like you did to me, serve her well."
"I ask the Lord to show me where I am going, so that it is convenient for the ministers to respond, so that the ministers and others can answer the queen in the future."
"Do you still need to answer the queen? Of course she will know."
…
The three looked at each other slowly, each with a bitter look on their faces.
Jing Hengbo stared blankly at the two, and suddenly burst out laughing after a while.
"Hahaha you were deceived too, it turns out that you were also deceived, hahaha he is really good, all the things in the world are taken care of by himself, hahaha I was cured, hahaha it turns out that there is no one in the world who does not cheat ah!"
The louder she laughed, the louder her laughter echoed all over the city, and all the officials in the palace looked up, thinking that the queen was crazy with joy.
That's right, if you seize the Emperor's Song in one day, and wash away the hatred of being exiled in the past, everyone will be proud of the Emperor's Song.
"Hahahaha..." Jing Hengbo laughed endlessly, and in the laughter, he slapped open the box that Meng Hu handed over again.
"Get out of here." She said, "If he wants to arrange everything, then arrange it for me to the end. If you have the ability, pave the throne of Yuzhao Palace for me, and personally lead me to the throne! I will listen to him!"
The box smashed against the top of the wall with a bang, Meng Hu slowly bowed, picked up the tiger talisman, his bent back seemed to be unable to straighten anymore.
Standing on top of Miyagi, Jing Hengbo looked around slowly, a trace of hatred flashed in his eyes, he sneered, stepped on the debris on the ground, and walked forward.
"Meng Hu," she walked forward with blank eyes, and said slowly, "Before he left, tell me what he said, what he did, where he lived."
…
Jing Hengbo stood in front of the secret room behind the wall of Jingting's study.
She didn't know until today that this is the place where Gong Yin usually rests the most. During the days when she was still in Yuzhao Palace, he was often there, avoiding meeting her.
There was another door in that secret room, connecting his bedroom and the outside, so he and Zou Zheng could be in the quiet courtyard at the same time without being noticed.
Along the way, Meng Hu had already briefly told her the process of Gong Yin arranging the fakes. At this moment, Jing Hengbo was standing in front of the secret room, seeing that the room was empty, it was hard to imagine that the controller of the Great Wilderness actually lived in such an empty room.
The secret room is very cold. Standing at the door, I feel the coldness is threatening. There are still fine pieces of ice and snow on the ground, shining thinly.
She caressed the wall, and Meng Hu immediately called out: "Don't touch it! Be careful of your fingers sticking to the peeling skin!"
"Why is it so cold?" She walked into the room, squatted down, in the middle of the room, trying to figure out where he might sit, and slowly touched it with her hands.
"This secret room is specially made. All the stones come from the cold stones at the bottom of the icy sea, and it has been lived in by the Lord for a long time, absorbing the cold air in his body. The cold air pierces the bones and lingers for a long time."
"He..." Jing Hengbo slowly touched the ground, "Is he sick?"
Meng Hu lowered his head, not knowing how to answer, this is a secret strictly ordered by the Lord not to be revealed.
"Severe illness or injury, in short, is fatal, right?" Jing Hengbo didn't seem to need his answer, "I have had it for a long time, but after meeting me, it became more and more serious, right?"
Meng Hu sighed softly, and said: "So...Your Majesty, you don't have to blame yourself for worrying too much. According to the minister, the Lord is probably looking for an antidote or a cure for the disease. I'm afraid you are worried, so I just..."
"Where can I find medicine?" Jing Hengbo leaned his hands on the ground, put his face against his hands, and slowly lay down, "Injuries that even he can't solve, where else in this world can solve them?"
Meng Hu shut his mouth like a clam shell now - the matter between Xueshan and the Lord is an absolute secret that cannot be told. If something happened to him leading the queen to the snow-capped mountains, he would be unable to see the lord even if he was a ghost.
Besides, the lord has left the country, and now only the queen can take over, and now that the queen is allowed to go to the snow-capped mountains, will Dahuang be plunged into the **** war forever?
"Your Majesty, it's cold here, I can't sleep..." He had no choice but to change the subject.
"I'm going to sleep here." Jing Hengbo simply turned over on the ground, "I have to think about it and don't disturb me."
Menghu Yuchun looked at each other. Seeing that she was lying on the ground, she really couldn't get up, so she had to find the bedding and mattress, and set up a stove inside and outside the secret room. Jing Hengbo didn't care about them, and always maintained a posture—lying on her side, with her hands close to each other. On the ground, the face rests on the hands.
Imagine that those hands were his.
He fantasizes that he waits in this secret room to welcome his return. When she rushes to him, he smiles and embraces her.
I fantasize that his breath is cold while his breath is warm, I fantasize that his chin rubs against my hair, and I can touch Ruo Lengyu's skin with my hand.
Because of this, a slight smile spread on her lips, and then tears rolled down in the next moment, along the collar of her chin and palms, slowly forming a small ice pool on the ground.
Menghu Yuchun stood at the door, looking at the queen's back, she was motionless, but they felt that the back in the dark ice room at this moment was the most desolate thing they had ever seen in their life.
After waiting for a long time, the queen didn't see any movement, so the two had no choice but to turn around and leave. The queen didn't accept the tiger talisman, no matter what happened, they had to help.
Yu Chun turned back while walking, his eyes hesitated, Meng Hu glanced at him, and said: "Don't be troublesome. The arrangement of the Lord has never been wrong."
Yu Chun lowered his head and sighed violently, then punched himself on the head.
Jing Hengbo slept for three days.
Within three days, the Halberd Army entered the city, the Yuzhao Dragon Cavalry entered the city, and the reinforcements were stationed outside the city. Yingbai Peishu took over the defense of Dige, rearranged the guards of Dige and the palace, stabilized the hearts of the people, and appeased the ministers. My subject, I was very busy, but Her Majesty the Queen who was calling Dige aggressively all the way, let go of her at the most critical moment and slept soundly in the room.
Three days later, Ying Bai, who couldn't bear it anymore, rushed into the secret room and dragged Jing Hengbo out.
Jing Hengbo opened his eyes and saw him, but was a little surprised, "I thought it would be Pei Shu who came. Or Qisha?"
"Qi Kill went after Xu Pingran, Yeluqi is in her hands, Xu Pingran still has an army, and is still fighting against Pei Shu's army outside the city." Ying Bai grabbed her hand, "Come with me."
Jing Hengbo seldom saw the gentle Yingbai being so domineering, so he had to be dragged out. In fact, she didn't have the strength to fight Yingbai now. She was injured all over her body. She didn't eat or drink for three days, and her mood fluctuated greatly. She was already at the end of her battle .
In the outer room of Jingting Gongyin's study, Yingbai pushed her to sit on the ground, walked to the door by herself, and started counting steps, "One, two, three..."
Jing Hengbo lazily said: "What do you want to do? Digging for treasure?"
Yingbai ignored her, pried open the floor in the study three steps down, reached out and took out a jar.
"How do you know there is wine here? Is there something else? Is there a letter or something?" Jing Hengbo immediately rushed over to search, but was disappointed to see that the hidden compartment on the floor was empty.
Yingbai took out the wine, stared at the light with ecstasy.
"Yingbai. The last pot of Longshan Ice Brew is in the hidden compartment three steps below the Jingting study. When you come back, if I'm not here, remember to fetch it yourself." He said.
Jing Hengbo's rummaging stopped suddenly.
"This is the last sentence he said to me when I was playing Emperor Song."
Jing Hengbo slowly turned his head to look at the jar, and muttered for a while, "Longshan Ice Brew."
Back then, she drank it under the Red Maple.
"It's a hundred-year-old Longshan Ice Brew. It's a masterpiece in the wilderness. The century-old Longshan Ice Brew, not to mention how it tastes, can also remove the body's filth, and it doesn't invade the cold and heat. It's especially good for warriors to build their foundations." Ying Bai said lightly, "The treasures of Yuzhao Palace are only two or three jugs. You drink the first jug."
Jing Hengbo stretched out his hand to hold his forehead, thinking of the drunkenness that day, those days when he only knew that he was drunken, it was so good, so far away.
"This pot, in fact, is only a year away from three years, and the three-year contract has become two years. You have performed better than he imagined."
Yingbai took the wine glass and filled it up for her.
"He has already thought about it." Jing Hengbo murmured. Sure enough, it was decided very early. This Longshan ice brew had already been given to her before anything happened.
She picked up the cup and poured it with her head up, but the mouthfeel was no longer as delicious and full-bodied as before, only bitter.
"I've been begging him for this pot of wine for a long time, and I only drink it now, and I have to work for you for two years." Ying Bai drank it down in one gulp, shaking his head, "Compared to how easy it is for you to drink a pot , I shouldn't share this wine with you."
Jing Hengbo smiled, poured him a glass, and filled it himself.
"To you, I want to tell you that what he did for you, very early, for a long time, penetrated into everything. You may not like, accept, or cherish, but I want to ask you, he has After doing so much, do you have the heart to waste his hard work?"
Jing Hengbo was silent, and had another drink.
"If he really doesn't return from now on, do you have the heart to make him lose his country and life, and after all his efforts, his last wish will be ruined by you?"
Jing Hengbo drank another cup.
"If you continue to be so willful, you will die in the future. After you go to the underworld, will you have the face to see him?"
Jing Hengbo drank another cup.
Yingbai snatched her wine glass and said bluntly: "That's enough, the rest is mine."
Jing Hengbo snatched back the wine glass, poured another glass, raised his head and drank it up, then shook his hand, and the glass shattered on the floor with a slap.
"You think too much."
"Um?"
"This world, I want it." Jing Hengbo put his hands together, as if he wanted to cover up the whole world, "In the past three days, I have figured it out. What I want is not only Dige, but the whole Great Wilderness. Only the whole Great Wilderness belongs to me. I can find him. He hid, hid in my land; he died, died in my world; even if he really died, buried, he was buried in my wilderness. When I die, buried, no matter what Wherever he is buried, he will be buried with him. In this life, life and death, he can only be in my wilderness, in my arms."
Ying Bai looked up at her, swallowed a sip of wine in his throat, it was hot and painful.
Jing Hengbo had already walked out.
Walk through the corridor, walk through the quiet courtyard, walk through the sleeping hall, walk to the outer court, and the main hall of Yuzhao.
Sit down on the throne carved with dragons and decorated with phoenixes around Jinxiudui, and hold tightly to the cold golden dragon armrest.
Sitting here, the arms should be spread out, the posture of sweeping the wilderness and overlooking the people.
Lift your eyes, look beyond the palace gate, and see the moonlit square, the majestic palace gate in the distance, and the thick and light mountains in the distance.
The higher you are, the farther you can see.
In the dark hall, she sat with her head held high, her face expressionless. The moonlight shone on her face, which was frosty and snowy white, with two traces of shining water winding faintly.
The cold moon is desolate, the Jade Palace is silent, and the entire Great Desolation is sleeping, and no one knows that the new owner of Dige is crying on the throne in the middle of the night.
The supreme supreme throne, life from hot to cold. Love from joy to sorrow, parting from sorrow to sorrow.
The palace door suddenly opened slowly.
The moonlight illuminates a shadow, and the black reflection drags long on the gold brick ground.
For a moment, she was overjoyed, thinking that he had finally returned, but her heart beat for a moment, fearing that it was his soul returning.
Immediately she recognized that it was Yu Chun.
The man stood in front of the palace gate, clasped his hands tightly, and looked at her silently.
She stared at Yu Chun, a glimmer of hope ignited in her heart, this is the commander who accompanied Gong Yin in the last period of time in Dige, does he have anything to tell her?
Yu Chun seemed to be hesitating, but when he finally saw the tears on her face, he finally slowly opened his hands to her.
"Your Majesty," he said, "do you want to find the Lord?"