Bai Yueguang, the stand-in for Prince Sick Jiao

Chapter 402 The Extraordinary Three Returns (Xie Yuanting Chapter)
From Zixiao Palace to the capital, it would take two months to walk on foot, but Xie Yuanting crawled on the ground for three days, and he didn't even climb out of this valley. Instead, his injuries became more and more painful. If he continued like this, I'm afraid I'm really going to die here.

He drooped his hands, leaning against the tree, looking at the unchanging scenery in front of him, feeling a sense of powerlessness in his heart.

He was unwilling to die like this, but he knew that there would be no miracles in this barren mountain, so he simply gave up his last hope, lying under the tree and waiting for death with peace of mind.

In a daze, he slept for another day, and when he opened his eyes again, he suddenly felt a warmth coming from his hand.

Looking down, there was a white puppy lying beside him, licking his wound carefully.

Xie Yuanting was slightly taken aback, he seemed to have seen this dog somewhere before.
At this time, an old and kind voice sounded behind him: "Are you awake?"

He turned his stiff neck and looked back, and saw a white-haired old man wearing a Taoist robe walking from there with a smile, his robes fluttering, showing the bones of Taoism.

This is Xie Yuanting's nominal master - Master Chengxing.

When Master Chengxing traveled around the world in his early years, he once passed Lushan Mountain, and he fell in love with Xie Yuanting at a glance, and then said, "Your bones are exquisite, and you will become a great weapon in the future." You" and other words, fooled Xie Yuanting to worship him as his teacher.

At that time Xie Yuanting was young, he was so elated by what he said, and he agreed immediately.

After the goal was achieved, Master Chengxing gave him a sword manual and told him to study hard, and when we meet next time, he will give him a sword.

Master Chengxing did what he said, and he did give Xie Yuanting a sword a year later, but since then, he has never appeared again.

Seeing you now, Xie Yuanting was very surprised: "So you are still alive."

Master Chengxing was not annoyed, he brought back the white puppy, hugged it in his arms, and said with a smile: "The old man is over seventy years old, but you, young, seem to be dying?"

Xie Yuanting twitched the corners of his mouth and said: "Yes, you came at a good time, and you can collect my body for me."

"The poison in your body has penetrated into your lungs, and it is God's blessing to be able to live until now." Seeing him looking happy to die, Master Chengxing couldn't help regretting, "This old man has accepted you as an apprentice in this life. To teach you something formally, the white-haired person will send the black-haired person, what a pity—"

Except for Wushuang Sword and the sword manual, he really didn't teach Xie Yuanting anything. Xie Yuanting's ability to come to this day is all due to self-perception.

"The old man has been traveling the world for these years, and he came across a wonderful way of Taoism by chance, which can make people feel lighter physically and mentally, and their skills are greatly increased, as if they have been reborn!" Master Chengxing hugged the dog and knelt down in front of him, "Do you want to learn it?"

Xie Yuanting pulled his lips weakly: "Do you think I still have numerology?"

"Isn't there still a breath left?"

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Master Chengxing smiled: "Ah Yuan, do you want to go back to the capital?"

Xie Yuanting was stunned for a moment, looking into his deep eyes, all his thoughts were revealed at this moment, and he looked away unnaturally: "So what? With my current appearance, I don't even have the life to walk out of Zixiao Palace."

"If you were alone at this moment, you really wouldn't survive tonight, but the old man still has abilities that no one can inherit, so you can't die now."

"What do you mean—"

In the middle of speaking, his body suddenly lightened, and the scenery in front of him changed instantly. Under the clear moon, there were two white figures flying by in the wind, with fluttering clothes, like a fairy coming to the world.

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Master Chengxing took Xie Yuanting back to Mount Fuyu, and spent three days healing his wounds, and by the way, detoxified his body.But he did not let Xie Yuanting go down the mountain, but put forward a condition: "If you can learn all the skills of the old man, I will let you go down the mountain."

Xie Yuanting knew that the old man had no good intentions, but he had to bow his head under the eaves.

He gets up early and stays late every day, studying hard and practicing hard. His fellow apprentices practice for four hours a day, and he practices for eight hours, just to go back to Beijing as soon as possible.

Seeing how desperate he was, Master Chengxing was afraid that he would lose him, and was thinking about whether to let him go down the mountain ahead of time, when Xie Yuanting had already learned all the sword skills and Taoist skills.

Counting the days carefully, it only took five months from the time he went up the mountain to the time he went down the mountain.

Master Chengxing looked at Xie Yuanting who was practicing sword in the snow, and said with emotion: "Of course, the old man did not misunderstand the person, but his relationship in the secular world is not over, so he is destined not to be able to go to the next level."

On the day when the snow stopped, Xie Yuanting bid farewell to his teacher and embarked on the road back to Beijing.When passing through Ruzhou, I met Wenqing there.

Seeing him, Wenqing cried to death, with snot and tears streaming down her face, the feeling of regaining what was lost is indescribable.

Xie Yuanting patted him away in disgust: "I'm not dead yet! Crying so loudly."

Wen Qing wiped away her tears and showed a simple and honest smile: "Young Master, I knew you were destined to die so easily!"

The two grew up together, and they are not like masters and servants, but more like family members.

After the excitement and joy of reuniting after a long absence, Xie Yuanting asked about the affairs in the capital as no surprise.When mentioning the capital city, Wen Qing couldn't stop the tears that had just retreated from her. She endured it and told him the news of the Queen's death.

After listening, Xie Yuanting was distraught, spurted a mouthful of blood on the spot, knocked away Wenqing's hand, and stumbled towards the door.

Wen Qing dragged him tightly, tears streaming down his face: "My lord, I know you are sad, but the empress has already left, if anything happens to you, Lushan will really be gone!"

Xie Yuanting stopped in his tracks, with blood still on his lips, and his expression was numb: "I made a slip of the tongue. If I hadn't left back then and stayed by my sister's side, wouldn't she have?"

"My lord, it's not your fault. The empress has stayed in the palace for more than ten years, and she seems to have a lot of scenery, but this is not a kind of bondage for her? I went back to Lushan before I left Beijing. I happened to meet Princess Jing, she buried her belongings under the sweet-scented osmanthus tree in the back mountain, and now she has finally returned home—”

Going home, the queen's greatest wish was to return to Lushan, but she finally returned to Lushan in this way.

Xie Yuanting closed his eyes in pain, helpless and lonely, he avenged those who died in Lushan, but lost his only sister.That "home" has become an unattainable dream. Even if I go back, the remorse and regret in my heart can no longer be made up
After that day, Xie Yuanting's mind seemed to be emptied all of a sudden, he sat in front of the window in a daze all day long, looking at Bai Xue in the courtyard in a trance.

I asked Qing to persuade him countless times, but he still did the same thing. In the end, he had no choice but to say: "My lord, the only thing your empress cares about in this world is you and the prince. Now that the empress is gone, the war in the northern border is tense. If Even if you are down, how should His Highness the Crown Prince go on in Beijing?"

Perhaps because he felt that it was not enough to move out the crown prince, he added: "Not only His Royal Highness, but also the eldest princess. Not long after you left, the eldest princess broke with the queen mother and locked herself in the mansion. Don't you want to go back to Fuyi Garden?"

Xie Yuanting's eyes moved slightly, of course he wanted to go back to Fuyi Garden, but can he go back now...

This snow fell for a long time, and it didn't stop until Lichun.

The battle situation that had been stalemate for several days was also decided at this time. King Jing'an died in battle, and Beidi had passed Futai Mountain and went straight to the capital.

It was at this moment that Xie Yuanting had been hesitating for a long time, and finally got an affirmative answer - he was going to the capital to meet a very important person.

From Ruzhou to the capital, it took only three days, but he saved someone on the way, so he had to follow to Qingyang Pass, and had to stop the enemy from going south.

Obviously the capital is right in front of you, and the person you want to see is in the city, but you can't meet each other.

From the cold winter to the early spring, Xie Yuanting watched the winter snow melt and everything revived, and often wondered how to go back, so as not to provoke Fu Yunchuo to kill him with a knife.

(End of this chapter)