Haidonghang

Chapter 3 Farewell

Love is a remembrance of God, which freezes the moment when a meteor passes by.The mind buried under the neon lights cannot escape Cupid's golden arrow after all.Love is a gorgeous romance that meets the dream of a waltz.The friction between dance steps and mind casts moving curves in the air.Love is a sacrifice of youth, the fragments of the lingering fragrance of cherry blossoms falling.The fog in the eyes blurred the vision in front of them.Love is a fatal weakness. When the heartbeat disappears, the bitterness of red wine melts into the blood, and quietly, it is a wordless farewell.

The sky was gray and it looked like it was going to rain soon.Zhu Yunqi and Ma Yuying walked slowly on the small road in the suburbs.A few black crows "croaked" and flew up from the bare branches from time to time, setting off an indescribable loneliness and desolation.

Not long ago, the court received news that Yangzhou had surrendered without a fight.Yangzhou's geographical location is really important. Everyone knows what it means if Yangzhou falls.The situation of this war has begun to be controlled by Yan Wang Zhu Di.

What will happen to myself and the beloved man in front of me?Looking at everything around her, Ma Yuying couldn't help feeling a lot of emotions: "Peach blossoms are everywhere. Mandarin ducks play in the water, and there are countless evil people. Let Weng Wannv live in front of the house, and you can't see Shenyuan Road on the way. The wind is warm and the sun is blowing. Liang Zhu's tomb . Butterflies fly together, helpless. Smiling, fat and tears condense human words, conquering the bridle and jade sheng outside the green hills."

At this time, how much she wishes to go back to the mountains and forests with him from now on, abandon the wealth and prosperity of the world, and only care about the vegetables, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea that belong to them.However, she knew that the man in front of her was different from other men in the world, and he had unshirkable responsibilities and responsibilities.Where there is him is his home, since he is here, where can he go?

"Queen, before the rebels invade the capital, take Wen Kui and Wen Gui to take refuge first. The situation of this war is unpredictable now, just in case..."

"Wherever your majesty is, so will your concubines." Before Zhu Yunqi finished speaking, Ma Yuying raised her hand and gently covered Zhu Yunqi's mouth.

"Queen, I'm not joking this time. What I worry about the most is you and the two princes. If you stay here, I will be distracted. Besides, I haven't lost yet! I promise you, as long as I quell this rebellion, Immediately take you and the emperor back to the palace." Zhu Yunwen's tone revealed a trace of anxiety.

"Your Majesty, stop talking, and I'll just ask you, if your concubine is also facing life and death, will your majesty leave your concubine and leave alone?"

After hearing her words, Zhu Yunqi didn't say another word, but gently hugged the woman in front of him into his arms.

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The sky is full of flames, like mountains and seas.Zhu Yunqi took out a medicine bottle from his arms, and poured out three brown pills from it.This is a Mongolian sweat medicine specially made by Tai Hospital - "Xun Yue Zui".After taking this medicine, if you don't take the antidote, it can make people sleepy for a month.In order to relieve the pain caused by the flames, Zhu Yunqi and the others planned to take this medicine.

"Your Majesty, wait a minute, I have something to say." At this moment, there was an urgent cry, Zhu Yunwen subconsciously put down the hand stretched to his lips, followed the sound, and saw that the voice fell, and a person was soaking wet With clothes on his head, he ran towards the three of them in a hurry. It turned out to be Cheng Ji, editor of the Imperial Academy.

"Your Majesty, Empress... Your Majesty. We are not at the end of the road. When the late emperor was alive... he left a wooden box for... the emperor to open when he was in danger. This box is under the dragon couch." Cheng Ji said out of breath.

"Grandfather? How could he expect this to happen?" After hearing Cheng Ji's words, Zhu Yunqi was very surprised.

"Does your majesty still remember that time when he went to inspect the horse garden with Emperor Xian and King Yan?"

With such a reminder from Jing Chengji, Zhu Yunqi remembered that once a group of good horses were paid tribute to the Western Regions, Zhu Yuanzhang asked himself to inspect the horse garden with Yan Wang Zhu Di, and soon after arriving there, Zhu Yuanzhang proposed to test their literary talent, and then There is an upper couplet: The wind blows the ponytail with thousands of lines.He still clearly remembered that he checked the couplet: Rain beats wool on a piece of felt.And Yan Wang's second couplet is Rizhao Dragon Scale Ten Thousand Points of Gold.

"From the couplets that King Yan made, the late emperor felt that King Yan was not content to be inferior to others, but King Yan was his own son after all, with outstanding military achievements and no outrageous actions. So I have been just beating him around, hoping that he will not do anything out of line. However, just in case, the late emperor specially prepared a wooden box for the emperor, and privately asked me to report the matter to the emperor in case of emergency .” Cheng Ji explained.

After hearing his words, Zhu Yunxuan hurried to the bed, then got down on his stomach, and put his hand under the bed.After a while of groping, he finally found a hard object at the bottom of the bed near the wall, and when he took it out, it was just as Cheng Ji said, a red wooden box.

Zhu Yunwen opened the wooden box and saw that there were a stack of bank notes, several bottles of medicine pills, a letter, a razor, and a cassock inside.

Zhu Yunwen put down the wooden box, and then opened the letter: Yunwen, Grandpa Huang really hopes that you will never see this letter. Since you opened this letter, it means that the moment of crisis has come.Remember when I was a child, I asked you to compose a poem about the moon?I remember what you said at the time: Who will pinch jade nails into blue sky marks.The shadow falls in the rivers and lakes, and Jiaolong dare not swallow it.Your phrase "the shadow falls into the rivers and lakes" Grandpa Huang thought it was an ominous sign at that time.Several of your uncles have been with me for half their lives, and they are used to killing.I am worried that if one day they covet the throne and leave you alone, I don't know what to do.So I have long built a secret passage in the bedroom, and this secret passage leads all the way to the outside of the city.The opening mechanism is on the dragon head on the left of the dragon chair. You can turn right three times in a row to see the entrance of the tunnel.The bank notes and medicines in the wooden box are prepared for you to leave the palace.In addition, if you really can't survive outside the palace, you can shave your hair and become a monk yourself.Although life in the temple is difficult, at least you can save your life.Please forgive Grandpa Huang's selfishness for pushing you into such a dangerous position and making you face such a predicament. I'm sorry.

According to the prompt left by Zhu Yuanzhang in the letter, Zhu Yunqi turned the mechanism on the dragon chair. At the moment of turning the dragon head for the third time, there was a sudden loud bang from the wall. Immediately afterwards, the wall behind the dragon couch A secret door appeared.

"Hahaha... I'm really immortal!" Zhu Yunwen suddenly looked up to the sky and laughed.

"Your Majesty, let's go. It's not suitable to stay here for long, King Yan will soon invade the palace." Cheng Ji urged Zhu Yunqi to leave quickly.

"Queen, let's go." Zhu Yunwen hugged the wooden box that Zhu Yuanzhang left him in his arms, then took Ma Yuying's hand and walked towards the secret door. At this time, Cheng Ji was already leading the way with a lantern in his hand. .

The entrance of the tunnel was a bit bright due to the impact of the fire, and it was pitch black further on. When standing two or three feet away from the entrance of the tunnel, the three of them felt the dark wind blowing in the tunnel, and Zhu Yunxuan couldn't help feeling a chill down his back.At this time, faint rustling sounds came from inside again, like whispers, wailing, and devil's cry, which made people shudder.

But the matter has come to this, only to bite the bullet and go forward, to move forward, there is a glimmer of life, stay here, there is only one dead end.

"Wait." At this moment, Ma Yuying called to stop everyone. "What's the matter?" Zhu Yunqi really didn't understand how Ma Yuying would say such words at this critical moment.

"I... I left my handkerchief outside, I'll go..." At this moment, Ma Yuying paused, and continued, "I'll go pick it up. The Emperor and Mr. Cheng are waiting for me here. I'll go back as soon as I go." "Empress, don't bother with the handkerchief at this time, it's important to escape." Cheng Ji on the side advised.

"Your Majesty Cheng doesn't know something. This... this handkerchief is a relic left to me by my deceased mother, and it must never be discarded."

"Queen, are you alright? Why is your face so pale?" At this moment, Zhu Yunwen noticed that Ma Yuying's face was a little strange.

"It's okay, it's just that I haven't had enough sleep recently, and I'm not getting enough energy and blood." Ma Yuying explained.

"Queen, let me go with you." Zhu Yunqi suggested. "No need, Your Majesty. It's only a few steps. Besides, Kui'er is still here." At this time, Ma Yuying smiled at Zhu Yunwen.Then he gently put down Zhu Wenkui in his arms, bent down, and said softly: "Kui'er, you must stay by your father's side obediently. Remember, you must listen to your father's words well."

"Yes, queen mother." Zhu Wenkui agreed.

After speaking, Ma Yuying turned back to the scene of fire again.

"It's been so long, why hasn't the queen come back. Cheng Aiqing, take care of the prince here, I..." Before Zhu Yunwen finished speaking, there was another loud bang from the entrance of the cave. At this time, the entrance of the cave It even closed again.

Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhu Yunwen rushed to the door, knocked hard on the stone door, and shouted anxiously, "Queen...Queen..."

"Your Majesty, I am...here." Ma Yuying said softly to Zhu Yunqi through the stone gate.

"Queen, what's going on? Why is the tunnel door closed? Are you okay?"

"Your Majesty, this door is closed by my concubine. Take Kui Er and run away quickly. The farther you can escape, the better. Leave this place of right and wrong as soon as possible."

"What about you? Why are you staying here? Aren't you going with us?"

"Emperor... Your Majesty. King Yan will invade the palace sooner or later. If he sees the entrance of this cave, he will know that you are not dead and will definitely order to hunt you down. On the contrary, if he does not know the existence of the secret passage , then he...he will definitely think that you are buried in flames, and now you...are safe." Ma Yuying's tone became weaker and weaker.

"Just for this, you are going to abandon me and the emperor? You are dead, what's the point of living in this world? Empress, I order you to open the secret door immediately." Zhu Yunqi, who has always been soft-spoken He even roared towards the other side of the stone gate.

"Emperor... Your Majesty. Listen... let me tell you. In fact, my concubine has suffered from hemoptysis a long time ago. After being diagnosed and treated by the imperial physician, my concubine has at most half a month to live. Even if I go out with your majesty now, it is only your majesty." The burden of... that's all."

"What? Hemoptysis? Why didn't you tell me about this sooner? And why didn't the Imperial Hospital tell me about it?" Hearing Ma Yuying's words, Zhu Yunqi couldn't help being extremely surprised.

At this time, Zhu Yunqi suddenly realized that since the rebellion of Yan Wang Zhu Di, he has been busy with government affairs, and has seldom cared about the woman in front of him.Now she doesn't even know that she has a stubborn illness.

"It was I who made... the... too... the imperial doctor to hide this matter. Your Majesty, you are too tired, and I don't want to let... other things bother you. I just... hope that I can spend the rest of the day with you." You had a great time together, but I didn't expect the sky to fail...cough cough cough..." At this moment, Ma Yuying couldn't bear it any longer, suddenly her throat felt hot, and a smear of bright red gushed out from her mouth, onto the wall Splash a little blood.

"Empress...what's wrong with you." Zhu Yunqi was startled suddenly and asked anxiously.

"Your Majesty... I'm dying... From now on... I... am not by your... side, you... have to... eat well, sleep well... sleep well..." At this time, Ma Yuying couldn't hold back any longer. Unable to stop, the body leaning on the hidden door slowly slid down.

"Ying'er? Ying'er, what's the matter with you? Ying'er, answer quickly...no..." At this time, Zhu Yunwen let out a heart-piercing cry, which echoed for a long time in the dark cave.

"Ying'er", this was the first time Zhu Yunqi called Ma Yuying that after he ascended the throne, and it would also be the last time.

　It's the last day, candidates for the college entrance examination, come on!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)