Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Those who don't matter, let them die if they die.

Occasionally, I think of that child. She is so beautiful. Beautiful people are always hard to forget. Although I have only seen her from a distance a few times, I feel regretful every time I think of her.

It's just, it's just a pity.

To achieve a great cause, it is normal for a few people to die. Just like under the golden dragon chair of the Li Dynasty, who can tell how many innocent souls and withered bones there are? It is a matter of success and defeat, and it is useless to dwell on it... The beautiful soul of the victim is the same as the ugly withered bones. She comforted herself in this way, and then continued to conduct the following experiments with peace of mind.

Ji Wuyan was right. It wasn't that he couldn't escape, but that he didn't want to escape. He needed Lin Yi. During these years of wandering around, it wasn't that he hadn't found anyone else. It was easier to find someone who was talented, smart, or even handsome. She is deceptive, but once they understand what they need to do to follow her, they either angrily call her a devil, or they think she is a murderer full of crimes and want to report her to the police. Of course, some people think she is a lunatic and talking nonsense.

From beginning to end, only Lin Yi, only a madman full of hatred like Lin Yi, was willing to explore the pinnacle of witchcraft with her. Lin Yi wanted revenge, and she herself... wanted to prove to the entire Ji family that she, Ji Jia Xiaowu is the genius.

The fifth elder lowered his head. In the face of such a blood feud, anything he said was in vain. Since Ji Wuyan was willing to go to Yanjing alone for that person, there was no way he would be merciful in this matter.

So she fell silent.

The evening breeze was bleak, blowing in from the window, as if the wind was blowing through people's limbs and bones, and it seemed to be chilling to the heart. The fifth elder was silent for a long time, but seemed to have finally calmed down. Looking at Ji Wuyan sighing feebly, he asked, "You brought me here just to trap Lin Yi, right? But girl, you can't play with Lin Yi. Not to mention his own martial arts skills, let alone... How can an ordinary person outplay a madman? By then, it will be easier to invite gods than to send them away... Listen to my advice, people are dead when they die, even if you destroy the world , she won’t survive.”

"When people live to my age, they understand that a person with white hair sending a person with black hair is the most unbearable tragedy in the world. Ji Congyin has already experienced it once, and she cannot bear it a second time."

Ji Wuyan's fingertips holding the armrest trembled slightly, and he quickly retracted it as if it were a hot hand.

Ji Wuyan had never seen her grandmother look desperate.

Shangguan Yuan's last message was sent to Yunzhou, and was delivered to Ji Wuyan after passing through her grandmother's hands. When the secret message wrapped in black velvet was quickly delivered to her grandmother's hands through a special channel, the old man I don't know how I felt when I saw it at first sight... The secret letter was sent by Grandma Wang. Ji Wuyan held the secret letter in his hands and didn't take a step out of the study for several days. She curled up in her own world, Feeling the despair of the world falling apart...

She came out of the study a few days later. She said she was going to Yanjing City. She said she didn't believe the fire was an accident. Her grandmother didn't stop her or said she was worried. She just said that that was the case and let Chao Yun go first. In charge of Yanjing City, Ji Wuyan said hello, and the matter was revealed. After that, the grandfather and grandson never mentioned the matter again, so Ji Wuyan also forgot about it... He had lost his sister, and the old man had also lost a granddaughter.

The head of the Ji family, Mrs. Ji from Yunzhou, acted vigorously and resolutely, even more than a woman. As a result, the world gradually forgot that she was just an old lady, an old lady who left home in her early years to start a business from scratch, and lost her husband and daughter in middle age and married far away. , she has experienced too many joys and sorrows, and her strength is forged by ups and downs. She just can't say it or doesn't want to say it, but it doesn't mean it doesn't hurt...

The patriarch of the Ji family cannot be sad, depressed, or despairing. But before that, she was just a woman, a wife, a mother, and a grandmother. Her nails dug into her palms, causing a slight pain. She stood with her hands behind her back and looked out the window at the dark night. She sighed softly and took a step behind the fifth elder, but was suddenly called out, "Hey, hey... Ji Wuyan... "

Ji Wuyan lowered his eyes to look at her. In his dark pupils, there was an ancient silence, like a certain flame gradually extinguishing in this late autumn night. The Fifth Elder was a little timid. He changed his words with a smile and said, "Young Master... I... don't want to die." He really didn't want to die, even if he could only live like a dog wagging its tail and begging for mercy.

No one wants to die.

Ji Wuyan looked down and smiled suddenly, the smile was light and ethereal, and his eyes were indifferent, as if he was looking at the other person, or looking through the other person to a farther distance. The fifth elder's heart trembled at the sight of her, and he could barely avoid looking at her. His clothes brushed against his ears, and the fine silk was smooth and cool. The fifth elder was in a trance. The familiar yet unfamiliar touch was so far away that it seemed that he was already there. The memories of her previous life... Once upon a time, she was so noble, but now, she doesn't even have a clean cotton coat.

The silk fell apart at the first touch, and the steps behind him were slow and gentle, and the woman's voice was gentle and waxy, "The way of heaven reincarnates, and good and evil are rewarded. Elder... your retribution has arrived."

The footsteps gradually faded away, as if they were going down the stairs. The wooden stairs creaked a little.

The Fifth Elder slumped down on the chair, suddenly breaking out in cold sweat... There was no one around, except for the wind blowing in from the open window, making him sob in a low voice. Outside the window, it was dark. At a glance, you could see nothing, only boundless darkness. It was not as good as in the cave, where you could occasionally hear the calls of wild boars or wolves. Although it was frightening, it also had a kind of reassuring reality. It seems that here, there is no sound of people or birds, and it is impossible to tell where exactly it is.

……

Ji Wuyan walked all the way down the stairs and the short tower. When he walked to the door, he saw his grandmother waiting outside.

I had asked her before, if she was really an old friend, would I like to meet him? She said no.

Now I don't know where I got the news, and I am waiting here in such a cold and freezing night.

The evening breeze was blowing, and the shadows of the trees were shadowy. The old lady standing under the tree with her hands clasped in her arms was already slightly stooped, and Ji Wuyan didn't even know when her back was no longer straight. In my memory, my grandmother has always been vigorous and resolute. I once joked that if a woman could serve as an official in the court, my grandmother would be a talented general, and she would go into battle with a dashing appearance. What did my grandmother say at that time... It seemed that she was unwilling. She said that she would stay in Yunzhou to grow up with her little Ning'er, watch her get married and have children, watch her grow up and become a wife and mother. , even a grandmother...

There was a vague pain in his heart, and Ji Wuyan's hands behind his back tightened again.

Cen Yan took Qingshan and ran away with great insight.