Tang Dynasty: After dominating Rome, I counterattacked Chang'an

Chapter 18: See you again after ten years, I’m sorry!

Pei Xingjian stayed outside for a long time.

I haven't seen these old friends for ten years. Wouldn't it be a joke if I came in looking disheveled?

So he took good care of his appearance before walking into the cemetery.

Inside, each tombstone has their names written on it.

There are more than 300 tombstones.

More than 300 tombstones were densely packed together. Some people might suffer from claustrophobia, but Pei Xingjian only felt infinite melancholy at this moment.

Looking at this group of tombstones, his memory seemed to be pulled back to that rainy night with thunder and lightning ten years ago.

Shouts of killing, the sound of arrows missing, the sound of the last words of advice…
Incessantly.

That night, they were completely defeated.

Pei Xingjian's expression became more complicated when he saw these former soldiers and friends.

What would it feel like to visit their graves as a living person?
How will you feel when everything you once knew has disappeared and only you are left?
The names on the tombstones, Hu Er, A Jiu, De Zuo…
Pei Xingjian looked at those names that were once so familiar to him, and could even recall every little detail of his time with them.
There are his soldiers, his friends, and his colleagues who talk about the future together...
Pei Xingjian walked and walked, and kept walking...
Finally, he stopped in front of a tombstone.

For ten years, he had always hoped to come to this cemetery.

And the person buried in this cemetery is his wife-to-be.

Lying there...his wife-to-be, who would follow him through life and death, and would choose to share life and death with him even if they were his enemy, General Tian Ce.

Pei Xingjian stared at the coffin, staring, staring, staring...
Eyes twinkling.

With tears in his eyes, his gaze was no longer focused on the decorations in the tomb passage, but as if he had returned to his youth and saw a pretty girl standing under a peach tree.

"Xingjian, do you really want to follow that child, His Royal Highness the Grandson?"

"Ah."

"How long will it take to come back?"

"I don't know, maybe one year, or maybe three to five years."

"What if you can't come back?"

"If you remarry, I will wait for you in the underworld. When you die, we will go together in the next life. In the next life, I will make it up to you."

"No, Xingjian, how could I let you wait for me? Humph! The day I learn of your death will be the day I follow you to hell."

"….good."

"Hehe, so, Xingjian, you fool, remember to live well, because you are shouldering the lives of two people."

"….good."

In the eyes of the world, the boy is an arrogant guy, but when facing that girl, he is a blockhead, and can't respond to the girl's love that is so hot that it is about to overflow from her body. He can only say, OK...

.......
Years later,
When he came back again, what he brought to the girl was not good news, but bad news.

"What? King Qin...King Qin, he...he actually killed his own flesh and blood? And he is still hunting down His Royal Highness the Grandson?"

"Yes, I happened to pass by here when I crossed the sea to the south this time, so I came to see you. You should run away quickly. I have to accompany His Highness...accompany him to leave the Tang Dynasty. This is what I promised him."

"When are you coming back?"

"I don't know, maybe one year, or maybe three to five years."

"What if you can't come back?"

"If you remarry, I will wait for you in the underworld. When you die, we will go together in the next life. In the next life, I will make it up to you."

Once again, the boy said the same words as before.

And this time,
The girl clenched her gums.

"Damn it, I'll follow you this time! I don't want to wait any longer!"

"You...can't do that. If you go there, you will almost die!"

"So what? You believe in the emperor's eldest grandson, and I believe in you. I believe you can protect me. I don't want to wait any longer. In this life, regardless of life or death, humph! I, Chu Qingci, have chosen you, Pei Xingjian!" "You... have decided? No regrets?"

"Well, no regrets."

then,

He took her away.

After that, she fled with Li Chengdao all the way. Just when they were about to reach Wangshi Bay, the girl was pierced through the abdomen by an arrow shot by Yuchi Jingde and died in his arms.

That night!
Pei Xingjian's eyes were bloodshot and bloodshot.

He can't forget it, and he will never forget it!
That Yuchi Jingde,
That night, his wife's hope of survival was completely cut off!
He will also never forget that the King of Qin massacred his entire family!
 …
"call…."

Pei Xingjian slowly came back to his senses.

Staring at the tombstone, his eyes, which had originally been bloodshot due to the thought of Yuchi Jingde, gradually became gentle.

"Qingci, I didn't expect it, I'm back."

"Your Highness and I have been through a lot over the years."

As he spoke, Pei Xingjian began to take off his armor, slowly revealing his upper body.

The upper body,

It was extremely hideous, with scars all over.

"Look, these are the wounds I got from fighting outside over the years."

"Fortunately you are not here, otherwise you would definitely blame me for not taking good care of myself."

Pei Xingjian's voice was tinged with a wry smile.

He looked deeply at the tombstone in front of him.

Pei Xingjian thought of the past again. His future wife cared about him very much.

In the past, if anyone in the village hurt him, she would go and argue with that person on the spot and ask for an apology.

After coming back, she was even more depressed and kept criticizing him, asking why he had to fight with others?

It's so ugly to get injured.

And every time his injuries healed, he would be very happy and would take him out for a good meal to celebrate, saying some strange words like thank God for his healing.

She laughed happily and smiled foolishly at him, just like a little child.

I feel really stupid and confused.

"You will definitely scold me."

Pei Xingjian muttered to himself, with tears in his eyes.

He looked down at the jade pendant in his hand. It looked a little old, but he treasured it as a treasure because it was made for him by his ex-fiancee and he had worn it all his life.

Pei Xingjian's shoulders twitched, and his voice trembled and choked with sobs: "Qingci, am I too weak? Back then, I was just a little bit away from protecting you, but I failed, and you and I were separated by heaven and earth."

"I'm sorry, I'm too weak, sorry, sorry..."

"For the past ten years, I have always remembered it. I dare not forget that when we were on the run, we didn't have enough food and you followed me to eat tree bark."

"During the period of escape, sometimes Yuchi Jingde was chasing us closely, and Your Highness and we didn't dare to rest for several days. There was one time when you didn't even sleep for three days."

"I can't forget that Yuchi Jingde chased us like dogs. Even a grown man like me couldn't stand it during that period, let alone you. You must be very tired, but when I ask you, you always say you are not tired."

"You obviously did everything you could do very well, and you kept saying you were fine just to prevent me from worrying. You...you trusted me so much and entrusted everything to me, but I...but I couldn't protect you. I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"In the past ten years, whenever I think of those days and the hardships you went through along the way, I just... I just..."

Pei Xingjian became more and more choked up as he spoke, and he could hardly breathe.

(End of this chapter)