Legend of the Demon Emperor of Kyushu

Chapter 134 Baicheng Frost (3)

In the tenth year of Wuxuan, there was an early snowfall in Hanye City.

The walls of the palace courtyard are thick and block the air-conditioning, as if they want to keep a little bit of residual heat in the deep palace.

But no matter how high the palace wall is, it can't stop the cold wind blowing in people's hearts.

In a deserted palace, a woman sat in the shadows and muttered to herself:
"They are all talking nonsense, a bunch of blind people, the king clearly loves me..."

After a while, the woman suddenly became agitated again.

"Ah! That bastard, she must be trying to get the king to abolish the empress again, that lowly woman!"

"What to do, what to do, what they said is true, the king is going to abolish this palace—"

From these nervous words, the woman's prominent identity was vaguely revealed.

"mother."

At this time, the little girl who was held in the arms of the woman raised her head and said to her, "My father did not intend to abolish the empress."

The girl's voice was flat, as if she had said similar words countless times.

The woman suddenly calmed down and stared blankly at the girl for a while.

Finally he said, "It would be nice if you were a boy."

The snow in the cold leaves falls flutteringly.

After comforting her mother to sleep, the little girl walked out of the room silently.

She held up the umbrella, and the guards knew that Princess Shuang was leaving the palace.

After all, it's only September, and the cold air is mild, so it's a good time to see the snow.

The guards followed the ten-year-old Baichengshuang out of the palace gate, and walked to the most scenic autumn lake in the city.

Looking up, the roof tiles by the lake and the pavilions in the middle of the lake are all graying. There are shadows on the lake, a trace of the long embankment, a mustard boat, and two or three people in the boat. It is cold and magnificent.

Baichengshuang asked the guards to stay on the shore of the lake, and walked to the pavilion in the middle of the lake by himself.The guards knew that the princess liked to be quiet, so they stayed by the river as promised.

But what they didn't know was that Baichengshuang was actually willing to watch the scenery with others, but she had a chilling military temperament, and she was afraid that it would break the tranquility in the scenery.And ordinary people, when they see the princess, they will avoid it far away, so in the end, she is always alone.

In any case, she likes to go out of the palace to see the scenery and the city, this is the only thing she likes.

The young princess walked to the guardrail of the pavilion in the middle of the lake, her petite body was not much taller than the stone table in the pavilion, standing slim and graceful in front of the water waves, it could already be seen that she was a rare beauty.

Not only is she slender and fair-skinned, but she also has a pair of eyes that do not match her age. They are clear and clear, exuding a precocious and cool temperament, just like those famous sentences describing beautiful women, "The sky is cold and the green sleeves are thin, and the sun is leaning on the sun." Bamboo" (Note [-]).

People with rich reading experience will say that a child with such eyes must be withdrawn and unfeeling when he grows up.

Facing the falling snow all over the lake, Baichengshuang looked at the city, followed the snow spots on the dead branches, like a newly bloomed winter plum;
Chasing the few, heavy and old-clothed, hurrying people on the street until they disappear;

Chasing the snowdrops falling on the lake, melting into the water, chasing the momentary loneliness and sadness, as if I was also floating into the river alone, merging into the water...

"Jade falls into the ice, and the clothes are wet. (Note [-]) The princess goes out in the snow, so be careful of the jade body getting cold."

A greeting came out suddenly, and Bai Chengshuang was just slightly startled, not frightened when he was close to him.Because there are not many people in the city who can let the guards into the pavilion and are willing to accompany him to see the scenery, there is only one general in silver armor and black sword.

Lian Hongye.

"Wind and snow dance, the horse neighs cold. The general has been in the army for a long time, eating and sleeping in the open, probably doesn't like snow?" Baichengshuang turned back and replied.

Lian Hongye smiled when he heard the words, and clapped his hands and said, "Oh! I remember that when we first joined the army, Wen Tian and I went to perform military duties. We encountered heavy snow on the road and were trapped in the wild. I only saw a thatched hut after a full day. The owner of the hut gave us noodles, which made me and that boy very happy.

However, there was no water for cooking the noodles, so the owner took the pot to scoop up the snow outside, and used the cool snow water under it.That feeling... well, although the hungry are easy to eat, it is really...unbearable to recall.From then on, every time Ben Jiang watched the snow fall, some different emotions came to his heart. It was really...unthinkable, unspeakable. "

As Lian Hongye said, he shook his head with a smile, Bai Chengshuang also laughed, and said, "General, it's really... really... to be loyal to my country, Ju..."

Even if it is a snow-like person, the little girl is easy to laugh after all.

Lian Hongye added: "Even so, it's not bad to just look at the snow scene. In the painting building, there are several famous snow paintings hanging unshakably, such as "Snow in the Snow", "Playing with Snow in the Autumn Wind Road", "Mountain Window" Listening to Snow Knocking on Bamboo, "Simmering Potatoes on a Snowy Night and Talking about Zen", "Looking at Dinner in a Building after Snow" and so on have emerged in the past, and I used to enjoy the scenery one by one according to the paintings. "

Bai Chengshuang listened, his expression gradually sank, and suddenly he took a step forward, put his hand stove on Lian Hongye's hand, and said, "General, it's too cold for you."

Lian Hongye was startled, took the stove, shook his head and smiled, and stopped talking.

Hearing Lian Hongye talk about the experience of enjoying the scenery by painting, Bai Chengshuang knew that with General Lian's temperament, he would do such nosy things because he was accompanied by a woman.

But Baichengshuang had also heard about the ending of Lian Hongye and his woman.So when I heard these words of remembrance, I became worried, fearing that this man had too many memories and would inevitably be lost in the end.

Lian Hongye was a little surprised at Bai Chengshuang's sensitivity.He also loves to look at the scenery in the city, so he has met Princess Shuang a few times, Bai Xuezhiyin, and they often have a good chat, and he really admires this princess who has a lonely nature at a young age.

But he didn't expect the little princess who was not good at talking to be so understanding.She was right, it was just chatting, and she would feel lonely after she finished talking.

No wonder she was chosen.

"General, you still hate snow, right?"

Baichengshuang looked up and saw Lian Hongye's eyes were desolate, and said softly.

Facing the lake again, Baichengshuang asked, "Is it time for the general to go out again?"

"Go back to the princess and leave the city tomorrow."

Sure enough, Baichengshuang thought, every time this man appeared, it was when he left,
Like wanting to take one last look.

Even though he heard that the barbarians hadn't dared to invade the frontier for three years, he still waited in full force as if he had never been on the battlefield.

Is this the "General"?

"The queen mother is getting more seriously ill, and she is still very worried." Baichengshuang said.

Hearing Baichengshuang's sudden mention of the affairs in the palace, Lian Hongye didn't seem surprised, and replied naturally: "The king has no intention of abolishing the empress now."

As if thinking of something, Lian Hongye paused, and then said: "In the south, King Langya has already moved his capital to the south, and the old people from Shangguan's family will basically follow him. In the Leizhou meeting next year, Langya will only send one young master to act Messenger to attend."

Baichengshuang faced the snow lake and remained motionless.

Shangguan is the surname of Queen Ju.

After a long silence, Baichengshuang said, "I still——will hear its voice."

"Maybe it's because you've been holding back underground for too long? When you're old, you like to nag children. The princess doesn't have to take it too seriously."

"General, what do you think?"

"I heard that the person who holds it not only holds a weapon, but also holds a destiny, a destiny to kill for life.

Fighting a war is not a good thing. The princess is a daughter of gold. If she marries a good man in the future, she will be happy and stable, and live a prosperous life.It's not like those rough people in the countryside, they have no way out except to fight for their lives, so they are flocking to this kind of thing.The princess doesn't have to be like this.

From a historical point of view, it has always selected people with a lonely nature. In the future, when people cultivate their hearts and minds, people will become more cold and arrogant. This kind of temperament, even if it is strong for a lifetime, will end up with a lonely fate.It's really not a good choice.

Moreover, I also heard that it set a test for the future owner, the ice and snow are very dangerous, if you try it rashly, you may even be in danger of death. "

"Thank you, General, for your kind words."

The white clouds covered the sky, but the snow still swayed silently.

Baichengshuang stretched out her hand out of the pavilion, and a grain of snow fell between her fingers, knocking it away.

"Father said, I am like Snow White."

The two continued to enjoy the snow scene without a word, from the afternoon to the sunset.

There is snow falling in the sky, and smoke is everywhere in the world.

Lian Hongye turned around, it was time to go back to the barracks.

"Princess, I don't hate snow." Lian Hongye said suddenly: "Although the wind and snow are terrible, the farmers are looking forward to a heavy snow, which will bode well for the year. The hope of the people is exactly what I and other border guards, That's where the real responsibility lies."

The middle-aged general had a low voice, and sang an ancient folk song:
"The sky is the same as the clouds, the atmosphere of rain and snow, both excellent and fertile, and full of satisfaction. I am born with a hundred valleys. (Note [-])"

Singing a song, he strode out of the pavilion.

The young princess turned around, her eyes flickered, and she bowed to the man's back and said:
"I wish you, General, that you will be victorious and your martial arts will be prosperous!"

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In the 12th year of Wuxuan, Ju Palace
In the queen's palace, there is a drama going on day after day.

"Those people should be damned! Those lowly maidservants, those servants, they are all underestimating me—"

"Ah, but the king is going to abolish me, I won't be able to kill them, I won't be able to kill them all—"

Baichengshuang was still held in the arms of the woman, silently listening to her mother's complaints.

After the woman spoke dryly and exhausted, she raised her head as usual:
"Mother, father and king will not abolish the queen."

Regardless of whether the mother believes it or not, she will settle down after all.After she fell asleep, Baichengshuang walked out of Miyagi by herself.

It was not discovered because it had been prepared for a long time and the disguise was very good.

Walked out of the palace, and walked out of Hanye City.

On the outskirts of Hanye City, there are graves of ancient kings.

The guards couldn't say they were paying attention, relying on the secret passage that only the royal family knew, she managed to sneak into the king's tomb.

Holding the torch, the tomb passage is long and the temperature is getting colder.

In the darkness she listened to the beating of her own heart, the call only she could hear, the voice that had wanted to guide her since she first came here to worship her ancestors.

Now, here she is.

According to the guidance in her heart, she pushed open the secret door, revealing a special tomb room, and the cold air blowing towards her face immediately extinguished the torch in her hand.

But inside the tomb, there was a flame lit by a brilliant spell, completely illuminating the tomb.

Therefore, Baichengshuang could see the whole picture of the room clearly: no matter the walls or the ground, there were three inches of solid ice, and under the light of the white flame, the room was full of light.In the deepest part of the room, stood a long spear, frozen in a huge piece of ice, leaving only the end of the spear outside the ice.

This unique tomb is where the secret of the Ju family passed down from generation to generation, and where the cold spear is sealed.

The artifact can find a suitable owner by itself. In order to prevent outsiders from touching the artifact, the Baicheng clan came up with a way to seal it in the underground king's tomb.

Baichengshuang walked in, and as soon as he landed, the soles of his feet were covered with solid ice.

She stabilized her body and pulled her foot out forcefully. The second step, the coldness on the soles of her feet became more piercing.

What Lian Hongye said was true, the Hanpo Spear set a test for its future owner.

After Baichengshuang walked five steps, he couldn't stand the piercing cold, and fell to the ground, half of his body was covered with ice, and half of his face was stuck to the ground. If he stood up hard, his face would be torn off.

It's too early, she knows.

But this time, what the queen mother said was right.

The father really intends to abolish the empress.

Baichengshuang stood up vigorously, leaving half of her body frostbitten.

Taking another step, the cold seeped into my throat, and my ears seemed to fall off if I touched them.

But the gun is still far away.

Who should she blame for suffering like this?
No one was to blame, she knew it.The mother's hysteria became more and more serious, and even in public, there were signs of illness;

The young concubine Shaoying's son, Baichengyan, is steadily promoted in the army, and his power is getting bigger and bigger. The mother is more expensive than the son, which makes the father and king want to be a queen;
The most important thing is that the Shangguan family behind the mother, and even Langya Kingdom have shifted their development focus to the south in the past few years, and their influence on the Ju Kingdom has become weaker and weaker.

Therefore, she shouldn't blame her father. It doesn't matter who she blames. The important thing is that once a person who is so proud of her mother is deposed, she will definitely not be able to stand such a stimulus, and her condition will definitely worsen, and she will never be able to live anymore. .

She no longer has a second mother in the world.

Baichengshuang took a few steps forward, and fell to his knees again. Although his hands supported the ground in time, they immediately froze.The ice cube pushed straight up, and soon reached the belly.She was a little drowsy from the cold, and even warmed a little from the sleepiness.

If she just died in the underground in such an unknown way, no one will find out, and the mother died in the palace, and the mother and daughter met in Huangquan, it would be an ending.

Thinking of this, she pulled her hands up and tore off a layer of skin from both hands.

Raising his head, the handle of Hanpo's gun was very close, yet seemed far away.

She opened her bloody hand and grasped the handle of the gun.

Pull out firmly.

A hundred years of solid ice resisted her efforts.

There was a long drink from the ground, but no one heard it.

The next day, the sergeants guarding the king's tomb saw the scarred princess on the side of the road, and the light of the Hanpo spear re-ignited after decades.

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Note [-]: The poem comes from Tang Du Fu's "Beautiful Woman".

Note [-]: "The jade falls into the ice, and the clothes get wet": the following two sentences, "The wind returns to the snow dance, and the horse neighs cold" are both from Ming Gao Lian's "Four Seasons You Shanglu".

Note [-]: The words come from "The Book of Songs·Xin Nanshan".

(End of this chapter)