That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 619

Xu Beiyou supported the sword box and stood guard at the entrance of the main hall, with his back to the inside of the hall.

In the hall, Xiao Zhinan was kneeling on the ground, tears stained his face, Empress Xu was leaning on her body, Xiao Bai knelt on one knee, thrusting the pistol into the ground beside him, clenched his fists tightly, his eyes were red.

Empress Xu slowly opened her eyes, as if she knew her situation, she gave a wry smile, and began to explain the funeral, "Taibai, I'm afraid you won't be able to make it through this time, but fortunately you have already made the crown prince, so I don't have anything to worry about. But you have to remember that since you have taken the position of prince, you must understand your own position, and don't give birth to any thoughts that you shouldn't have. When it comes to military and state affairs, mother can't compare with the queen mother. Mother only knows one truth, your father You are not a heartless person, as long as you keep yourself safe, this Daqi world will be yours sooner or later."

"It is said that there must be something in life sometimes, and there is no need to force it if there is no life. When I married your father, the empress dowager said that my life is not good enough, and I can't be the mother of a country. I didn't believe it at the time. The late emperor also If you don’t believe me, you insisted on letting your father marry me, but in the end, the late emperor who didn’t believe in fate has already gone, and now I’m going too, and the empress dowager made it clear.”

"It's just that my mother is still a little unwilling. I can't wait for the day when my children and grandchildren are full. I won't be able to see everything in the future."

Although Queen Xu's speech was not fast, it was surprisingly fluent.

Xiao Bai clenched his fist to cover his lips, tears streaming down silently.

Empress Xu looked at her daughter, and said softly for the first time: "I am your mother, and you are my daughter. All these years, it's my fault as a mother, because of the old things back then, I neglected you too much, I hope you don't bear any grudges." mother."

Xiao Zhinan could hardly suppress his choked voice, he just shook his head desperately.

In any case, the two are mother and daughter, and the blood in their bones cannot be erased. When he felt that the last vitality of his mother in his arms was gradually disappearing, Xiao Zhinan still felt a sense of heartfelt sadness.

Empress Xu's voice gradually weakened, "Zhinan, mother is a narrow-minded woman, and also a cowardly woman. After the upheaval in the temple in the first year of Taiping, I didn't dare to bear grudges against the empress dowager, I only dared to show embarrassment to you. Now mother I'm about to go, there's nothing to be afraid of, my mother has been careful all her life, and she's been aggrieved all her life, so Zhinan, don't learn from me, you should learn from the empress dowager, daughter should be self-improvement."

"Taibai, tell your father, mother, take a step first, and you must take good care of your sister in the future, and don't let her be wronged."

"If you can survive the catastrophe this time, you brothers and sisters will go to the palace to see your father. After all, he is almost sixty years old. They say that the emperor is a loner, and he is even more a loner among the loners. After I leave, only him and your brother and sister are left in our family, Taibai, you are the eldest son and the only son, you have to carry this burden."

Xiao Bai nodded his head heavily, and said hoarsely: "My son has written it down."

The voice was very soft, for fear that a slightly louder voice would frighten the woman in front of her.

Empress Xu exhausted her last strength and folded her hands on her lower abdomen. At the last moment of her life, she still maintained the demeanor that an empress should have.

She seemed to be extremely tired, she didn't say anything, she closed her eyes slowly, and remained silent.

Xiao Zhinan covered his face with his hands, and finally cried out.

A look of ferocity appeared on Xiao Bai's handsome face, he firmly grasped the broken hilt of the sword, his nails pierced into the flesh, and said word by word: "If you don't take revenge, I swear not to be human."

Xu Beiyou, who was standing at the gate of the hall, raised his head and looked at the gray sky.

The ground is covered with snow, as if onyx.

……

No matter how earth-shattering the fight between the six earth immortals was, it never affected the Circular Mound Altar, and this three-story high altar still stood firm.

On the altar of the Circular Mound, Lan Yu and Wei Jin, two veteran ministers, stand side by side, one civil and one military.

His Majesty the Emperor standing in the middle was flicking a string of Buddhist beads on his wrist.

He doesn't believe in Buddhism, and he doesn't even believe in it. The reason why he wears a string of beads is because before he ascended the Circular Mound Altar, the queen took off the number beads that he had worn on his wrist for many years and forced them to wear on his wrist. It is said that it can protect peace.

He couldn't hold back his wife, so he had to wear it.

This is a string of bodhi seed counting beads, which have turned milky white because they have been carried around for many years.

According to Buddhism, if you use iron as counting beads, you will get five times of merit by pinching once. If you use red copper as counting beads, you will get ten times of merit by pinching once. If you use pearls and corals as counting beads, you will get a hundred times of merit by pinching once. Those who think that the tree seeds are counting beads, recite them once will get a thousand times of blessings, use lotus seeds as counting beads to get blessings ten thousand times, use Dharafakha as counting beads to get merit and virtue a million times, and use Kaiwulutuoluo Qicha as counting beads to get merit The merits and virtues are tens of thousands of times, and the blessings are ten thousand times greater if you use crystals as counting beads. If you use bodhi seeds as counting beads, you can recite them with a pinch, or hold them in your hand, and you will have infinite blessings.

In Xiao Xuan's view, this is nonsense.

For ordinary people, luck, merit, and merit seem to be illusory things, but for people at their level, they are things that can be seen, felt, and even held in their hands.

The so-called merit is descended from the heavens. If you can obtain immeasurable merit by holding the Bodhisattva and chanting sutras, then everyone has merit. How can there be so many wives and children in the world, and the tragedy of family ruin and death? Things.

The big promises of the Buddhist school are the same as the imperial government's excessive distribution of official positions. Everyone has the skin of an official, and the official is worthless. If you can get immeasurable merit by holding the Bodhisattva and reciting mantras, then what kind of good deeds are there? However, the Jishan faction of the Taoist sect still does something to help the Tao.

This move is almost evil.

So Xiao Xuan never believed in the Buddhist teachings.

It's just that it's his wife's wish after all, so it's hard for him to refuse.

All of a sudden, a long rainbow of two colors, purple and blue, shot straight into the sky, and then the ground shook.

The number beads on His Majesty's wrist suddenly snapped, and all the bodhi seed beads scattered on the ground, like big beads and small beads falling on a jade plate.

The things that are always accompanied by the body can often communicate with the owner's mind. At this time, if the beads are scattered on the ground, it is an ominous sign.

Xiao Xuan looked down slowly, unable to maintain a calm expression anymore, his lips trembled slightly, not knowing what to say.

Just now, the heartstring between the two of them, which had been connected for decades, was broken like a string of beads all over the floor.

Xiao Xuan raised his head and looked in the direction of Xiaoweiyang Palace, many events from that year suddenly flashed before his eyes.

When he was young, he was newlyweds, and the moment he lifted the hijab, the candlelight shone on the shy face of the woman, and his heart skipped a beat.

His father died early when he was young, and the husband and wife supported each other and loved each other.

When she was middle-aged, she was high-spirited and subconsciously ignored her. Apart from a pair of children, there was rarely anything to say between husband and wife. She was full of grievances but never showed it to the outside. Every time she saw her, she always had a gentle smile and said nothing complain.

Later, the children both became adults, and the relationship between the husband and wife was as smooth as water, without any disturbances.

Before boarding the Circular Mound Altar to offer sacrifices to the heavens, the two came together in the emperor's car. When getting off the car, she deliberately took off the string of number beads from her wrist and put them on his wrist. I was impatient, but I couldn't bear to brush off her kindness, so I never thought that this would be the last farewell.

Xiao Xuan looked down at the counting beads rolling all over the ground again, raised his hand to stop Wei Jin and Lan Yu's words, bent down, and personally picked up these counting beads one by one.

(End of this chapter)