Three thousand crows kill

Chapter 14 Tears are endless, every tear is torture

Gaodu is the capital of Tianyuan Kingdom. When Qin Chuan was young, his knowledge of Tianyuan Kingdom was limited to books. This is a powerful country in the northwest. Legend has it that the royal family has the blood of demons.

Twenty-five years ago, Empress Tianyuan gave birth to her first prince. At that time, a vision appeared in the sky. It rained ten inches of black outside the imperial city of Gaodu, and everyone was in danger.The emperor thought it was a bad omen, so he asked the national teacher to open the altar to see the secret, but the result was unexpected.The national teacher said: This child was born with a unparalleled fate of avoiding ghosts and gods, and his blood is thick. In the future, he will fight the world in blood and unify the Central Plains, which is a great auspicious omen.

The emperor was naturally dubious, and for ten days in a row, there was a vision every day, every day at noon and midnight, a large number of unheard-of demons descended and crawled outside the prince's bedroom, without hurting anyone or shouting, it was a rare spectacle in a century.The emperor complied with the request of all the officials and canonized him as the prince in the full moon, amnesty to the world.

When Dayan Imperial City was destroyed, it was this prince who led the army.The ogre was rampant and violent, but he was as docile as a sheep under his hands.The second elder brother stayed in the imperial city until the end. In order to protect the city gate, he fought with him for half a day, but finally lost his strength and died under his long knife.

The prince killed people like hemp, regardless of age, he claimed that there were only two types of people he would not kill, one was a young and beautiful woman, and the other was a eunuch who was neither male nor female.The former couldn't bear to kill, while the latter didn't bother to kill, so he set fire to the Dayan Palace, and killed the left minister who wanted to take the head of the Dayan royal family to claim credit.

In the past few years, the Tianyuan Kingdom has been crusading everywhere, and the treasury will inevitably be empty, requiring a period of recuperation.The prince has been fighting all the year round, and he is very impatient with the dull and boring life in the capital. The many beautiful wives and concubines in the prince's mansion are busy fighting for power and jealousy all day long, which makes him very depressed, so he simply built a secret courtyard in the suburbs, and lingered in the wine shop all day long Brothel, when you get tired, go back to the other courtyard to rest.

He did not know how many miraculous achievements he had made, and behind him there was a national teacher who wholeheartedly helped him speak, even the emperor could only turn a blind eye and close it, although he was afraid, there was nothing he could do.

When Qin Chuan met the crown prince, he was gulping down wine by the window on the second floor of the winery, surrounded by three or four beautiful maidens serving him with smiles, and no one dared approach him within three feet.Even if the people in the winery don't know his real identity, but this man is tall and strong, with a fierce and cold face, and the long knife in his waist is longer than the thighs of ordinary people.

Qin Chuan picked a seat not too far away, and ordered two jars of wine, one for Baihuaxiang and the other for Immortal Drunk.Both wines are very common, but few people know that the two wines are blended together at a ratio of one to three, but they are extremely mellow and rich.She mixed a pot, opened the lid, and instantly the entire second floor was enveloped in the intoxicating aroma of wine. From time to time, someone would look around and scold the waiter for not bringing good wine.

The prince was already slightly drunk, and suddenly he smelled a strange fragrance, and couldn't help being greedy.Looking up, I saw a young girl sitting not far away, wearing a plain white gown, with black hair like a cloud, and a plump wrist protruding from the sleeve, which was two points whiter than the clothes.He turned his head to look at the beauties around him, all of them became vulgar fans, and even pushed them away.

"Girl has good wine, why don't you buy me a drink?" The sound of boots creaked, and the next moment he was sitting opposite Qin Chuan, his eyes were wild and reserved, and he looked at her face like a spring flower.

Qin Chuan pressed the jug and smiled slightly: "Young Master, I am waiting for someone."

The prince snatched the jug from her hand, sniffed it, and immediately drank it up in a gulp, admiring: "Good wine! So beautiful!" Then he took out a pearl from his bosom, and said, "Girl, this pearl is for you two Altar wine, okay?"

She was slightly angry, and said lightly: "It's just ordinary flowers and fairy drunkenness, it's not worth spending a lot of money on. If you like it, you can take both jars of wine. Besides, married women and girls are welcome." Don't mention it again, son."

She mixed a jug of new wine at a ratio of one to three, and pushed it in front of him.The prince watched her slender and delicate movements without blinking his eyes. She is not very old, but she has already dressed up as a woman. Her long black silky hair is all tied up, revealing the delicate nape of her neck, and there are a few girly soft hairs. The fluff of the hair is golden in the sun, and it is thousands of times more attractive than the fine wine in front of it.

He suddenly said: "I think Madam looks familiar, have you seen her before?"

Here it goes again, do all men in the world like to strike up conversations with such lame excuses?Qin Chuan didn't expect that the dignified Prince Tianyuan didn't have any new tricks, so he was angry and funny for a while: "I seldom go out of the house, and this is the first time I've seen a hero like your son."

She hinted several times that he was waiting for someone, but the prince pretended to be blind and refused to leave.Seeing the sunset on the west mountain, Qin Chuan suddenly let out a long sigh, looked out the window with red eyes, and said in a low voice, "It's so late, I'm afraid he won't come..."

The prince knowingly asked: "Madam is waiting for someone?"

Qin Chuan shook his head and didn't answer, wiped away his tears without any trace, got up and said, "I'm going back, I had a good talk with you today, and I'm very happy in my heart. Farewell."

After all, I went downstairs, leaving only a lingering fragrance.Where is the prince willing to let go, he followed closely behind, holding his sword and said with a smile: "It's getting late, Madam is afraid of danger if you are traveling alone, why don't you let me give you a ride."

Qin Chuan just shook his head and sighed, and declined several times. Seeing that he was very persistent, he agreed shyly.The prince took his own mount and helped her get on the horse, while he took the reins and led the way below.After walking for less than an hour, they have already left the imperial city, surrounded by wilderness and mountains.

The prince wondered: "Madam's husband's family is not in the city?"

Qin Chuan didn't make a sound, lowered his sleeves, and the white paper that had already been cut into pieces floated backwards with the wind, and when he saw the wind, he grew up, and when he landed, he turned into a hideous red-headed ghost, densely packed like a tide, roaring in unison, The mountains and fields seemed to be shaken by the huge momentum.

Qin Chuan fell headlong from his horse and murmured: "Monster..." He passed out.The prince hugged her and looked back, only to see that the road was surrounded by red-headed ghosts.He knew how to drive demons by nature, no matter how ferocious and terrifying the demons were, they would bow their heads obediently in front of him, but no matter how he tried to drive them away today, these red-headed ghosts would not give in at all and approached inch by inch.

The prince held her tightly with one hand, and drew out the long knife with the other hand. With a loud roar, the long knife shone like a crescent moon, piercing through the afterglow of the setting sun.The red-headed ghosts around suddenly flew up like torn pieces of paper, crackling and crackling, no blood, no broken bones, and where the knife light touched, there were only broken spots of light.

The prince was taken aback for a moment.

Qin Chuan, who had been held in his arms all this time, moved, and the prince felt a sudden chill in his left chest, and suddenly realized that, he lifted her up like a chicken, and threw her out fiercely.Qin Chuan slammed his back against the stone, his heart ached, his eyes turned black, and he instinctively cast a barrier to hide himself in it.

The prince looked down at the dagger that had sunk into his left chest. The blood was slowly staining his clothes red. He laughed angrily, "Bitch! You're wasting your time!" He pulled out the dagger fiercely. It looked even scarier than those monsters, and what was even scarier was that he didn't die, and the sword dance became more and more fierce, and all the red-headed ghosts transformed from white paper turned into light spots and dissipated.

Behind him there was the sound of the bowstring being drawn, and the prince turned around suddenly, only to see Qin Chuan fully draw the iron bow, stepping out of the barrier and aiming at his heart on the right.That plain white body was dyed pale orange by the setting sun, her clothes were curled up, and her expression was solemn, like a goddess who came here with the cold flame of revenge.

The prince suddenly stopped, stared at her for a long time, and then whispered: "You can't kill me, and I won't kill you. But you have to tell me, why?"

Qin Chuan didn't answer, the bow was drawn to its fullest, and the arrow was as fast as lightning, and it sank into his right chest in an instant.

The prince gave a weird smile, stepped back a few steps, and said, "I told you, you can't kill me."

Is it because of the blood of the demon?He was born very different from ordinary people, is it because of the strong demon blood?Without saying a word, Qin Chuan drew out another iron arrow and aimed at the position where he shot it before.The pain in her back was unbelievable. His throw just now probably caused her to be seriously injured.

Qin Chuan bit the bloody smell in his mouth tightly, and forced himself to pull the bow again. The prince suddenly threw the dagger in reverse, hit her wrist, and the iron bow came out of his hand.He pounced on her like a tiger descending a mountain, and he was about to grab her skirt with his hand.

Big clouds of purple smoke suddenly burst out in front of his eyes, and the prince fell to the ground and passed out.Qin Chuan also took a few breaths abruptly, his chest was suffocated immediately, his mind was groggy, and his body collapsed uncontrollably.

He hugged her with both hands, and at the moment when he fainted, Qin Chuan only saw the purple long clothes on his body, and something flashed in his heart, and he felt very familiar, very familiar...but she couldn't think about it anymore .

When I woke up, I just felt that I was lying on a soft bed, and there was a figure shaking in front of the window.Qin Chuan was startled, and got up quickly, only to see Zuo Zichen, whom he hadn't seen for a long time, standing in front of the window, pouring tea from the teapot, when she jumped up suddenly, he was also startled, and the tea splashed on the table.

"...Drink some water." He was silent for a long time, and handed her the teacup.

Qin Chuan lowered his eyelashes, took the cup silently, and sipped silently.

In fact, she did not expect to meet Zuo Zichen in this situation, and was even rescued by him.She and him can be regarded as a real reunion after a long absence, four or five years apart, an affectionate farewell five years ago, and a speechless reunion five years later.The part at Katori Mountain had to be treated as a farce, and no one wanted to mention it.

Zuo Zichen didn't say anything, and Qin Chuan naturally couldn't say anything. The silence in the room inevitably brought a kind of deliberate embarrassment.In the end, he broke the deadlock first: "Take off your clothes, let me see the injury."

Qin Chuan clenched his lapel subconsciously: "No, it doesn't hurt anymore." She turned her head away, not wanting to see his face.

There was a bit of sadness and helplessness in his voice: "Yanyan..."

"Don't bark!" She quickly denied, "... Yanyan died a long time ago."

Zuo Zichen looked at her obstinate half-hanging side face, which was very similar to the delicate and innocent little girl in his memory, but there were some things that were completely different.There is a huge fault in his life, within the fault, he is leisurely and contented, living a fairy life in Katori Mountain; outside the fault, she has already changed beyond recognition and has become extremely strange.

The feeling in his heart is too complicated, there are many things he wants to say, but he can't say it when he sees her.Those words of explanation seemed to insult her today.She really didn't need any explanation, she was no longer that little girl who only had Zuo Zichen in her eyes.

"Does your back still hurt?" Prince Tianyuan was born with supernatural power, it was a miracle that his bones didn't break after being thrown out by him.If this is the case, she will inevitably suffer serious internal injuries.

Qin Chuan swallowed the tea hard, and by the way swallowed the bloody smell that kept rising up.Putting down the teacup, she gritted her teeth and got up, and said, "I'm fine, thank you for your help. We've settled the matter, so let's leave."

The wrist was suddenly grabbed by someone, Zuo Zichen looked complicated, as if he was uncertain, afraid of something, even with a hint of determination, he asked hoarsely: "What is Liangqing? You mean..."

"I killed the left prime minister." She answered very quickly, and finally turned her head and looked at him bravely, her eyes were as bright as the sun.

Zuo Zichen had an uncontrollable look of pain on his face: "...why?"

She laughed incredulously: "You actually asked me why, why didn't you ask your father why he wanted to treason and cooperate with the enemy?"

His fingers tightened suddenly, almost embedded in her skin, and his face turned pale: "Very well, he betrayed the Dayan royal family, you killed him for revenge! Karma, I have nothing to say! It's just that you have a country Enmity, I have family hatred, I can no longer...shouldn't..."

Having said this, I can't say any more.He quickly let go of his hand as if he had been scalded, and suddenly punched the wall hard, causing a big hole to sink into the wall.Qin Chuan said lightly: "You shouldn't have saved me, I know. After this incident, the grievances between us have been wiped out. You don't owe me anything, and I don't have to pay you back. That's it."

She walked directly to the door and pulled the door without hesitation.

Suddenly, someone hugged her tightly behind her. Those arms were so strong that she almost suffocated her.Qin Chuan felt his throat was blocked by something, and the pain was very severe. He clenched his teeth and said in a low voice, "Let go."

He didn't let go, his face was deeply buried in her hair, hot tears rolled down her hair into her collar, and wet her neck.

It turns out that a man's tears are also so hot, endless, and each one is torture.

Qin Chuan thought, she should be more decisive, struggle hard, and then leave him far away and never look back.There are many relationships in this world that are more short-term than long-term pain. No matter what reason they end, dragging and grinding will make people haggard.She had the determination to cut off the wrists of a strong man as early as four years ago.

But she was too tired to move, her whole heart was too exhausted to bear any burden anymore.If everything can go back, she also hopes to be a little woman curled up in his arms, protected by him from all wind and rain, and to be the jewel in his palm with peace of mind for the rest of her life.

It's just that time can never be turned back. When they fall in love with each other, even though they are thousands of miles apart, their hearts are as close as they are.At this point, no matter how tightly he embraced, embedded in his bones and flesh, his heart could no longer be close.He is not the youthful Zuo Zichen who used to be on the balcony, and she is no longer the wayward imperial concubine who yells "If you don't like me, I will kill you."

Sometimes, knowing that it is a miss, we can only accept the result quietly.

He didn't seem to cry anymore, he just hugged her like this, silent and stubborn, he couldn't say any nice words, and he couldn't give any nice reasons, just hugged her like this.

Qin Chuan struggled slightly, his voice low and hoarse: "Stop doing this."

His eyelashes brushed her neck, wet and itchy, and he said: "I'm such a stupid man, I can't let go."

She took a deep breath, tears were about to fall, she opened her mouth to say something, but she couldn't say a word.Everything in front of her eyes slowly became blurred, and the darkness covered her vision bit by bit.The injury the prince gave her was still too serious to survive.

Her knees gave way and she passed out in his arms.

In his drowsiness, Qin Chuan remembered many things he thought he had forgotten.I don’t know if it’s the same for all women. When a man changes from her love to her hatred, she no longer wants to remember his past goodness. Forget it, act like it never happened.

But now she was quietly thinking about him waiting for her back on the balcony, and felt relieved again.What he said was absolutely right, Zuo Zichen was just a stupid man, he couldn't speak, he didn't dare to be rash, he could only wait so stubbornly, clumsily stubborn.

She was already thousands of miles away from him, and she was completely changed due to the changes in the world, but he still stubbornly stood there, waiting for a former Di Ji, even though he knew he would never be able to wait again.

She wanted to laugh at this unnecessary stubbornness, but she felt so uncomfortable in her heart that she couldn't even say "Don't wait any longer", because saying anything would hurt.

The painful spot on the back was gently stroked by a pair of hands, and there was heat in the palm, which gradually relieved the severe pain in the back.Qin Chuan woke up unknowingly, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Zuo Zichen sitting on the head of the bed with his wide sleeves caressing her cheek.

She tried to hide, but heard him whisper: "Don't move, the internal injury is serious."

Qin Chuan lay prone on the bed, feeling a little embarrassed, hesitated for a while before saying, "Why save me?"

Zuo Zichen didn't answer, just stroking her back and forth. After a long time, he said softly: "Back then, Tianyuan Kingdom canonized the crown prince and sent invitations widely. My father saw the crown prince and the national teacher with his own eyes. I was shocked when I saw something that ordinary people couldn't understand. I never wanted to take care of his affairs, and I didn't know what he was planning. It wasn't until I returned to Beijing that year and heard that he was going to resign, that I vaguely guessed that he would thing.

"Father has always said that this is a good thing, and there will not be too much war to cause the people to suffer. My brothers and I disagree with this, but my father insists on going his own way, and it is impossible for us to leak the news, after all, it is our father .Later... I met you. Knowing that you are Emperor Ji, I was very contradictory. In fact, I shouldn't have too much contact with you. Every moment I am afraid that I will tell you the truth. I don't want you to suffer, and I can't Push my father into the fire pit. But I can't help it...

"When I was about to leave, I decided to ask my father to give up the plan, but a quarrel broke out after talking. I went back to Katori Mountain in a rage, and wanted to ask the owner of the mountain to allow me to marry you and take you to Katori Mountain. Father Afraid that I would leak the secret, I sent someone to steal two fairy paintings of Gongzi Qi from the palace and give them to the mountain master, so that he could erase my memory in Dayan... Later, Dayan disappeared, and you came to Xiangtuo Mountain to look for me, what have I done? I can't even remember..."

He gave a low laugh, as if sighing: "It's good fortune to trick people... this is retribution."

With his hands removed from her back, Zuo Zichen got up and walked to the window, quietly looking at the green trees outside the window, and after a long time he said again: "You... have killed my father, and the country's revenge has been avenged. Live in peace and don't do such dangerous things again."

Qin Chuan slowly loosened the hand that tightened the quilt, his palm was already wet, and his joints were aching because of too much force.She closed her eyes and said in a low voice: "You don't have to worry about me anymore, I don't want to accept your love anymore, I can't afford it."

Zuo Zichen smiled bitterly: "After you left Xiangtuo Mountain, I remembered everything, so I looked for you everywhere. I heard that my father was killed on the way, and I vaguely guessed that it was you who did it. My hope is not you. I wandered in Tianyuan Kingdom for two months and finally found you. My last hope is also..."

"I killed Prime Minister Zuo, do you want to avenge him?"

She asked in a flat tone, but Zuo Zichen turned around abruptly, his face suddenly turned livid, but that livid soon turned pale.He stretched out his hand, wanting to touch her, but retracted immediately, his voice was rough and hoarse: "...I don't know. I just hope you don't do such a dangerous thing again."

Qin Chuan sat up and bent over to put on his shoes: "Then you think about it slowly, and come to me after you think about the answer."

"Qin Chuan!" Zuo Zichen finally had a trace of anger as his wrist was tightly grasped, "You still want to go? What do you want me to say? I hate you, I want to kill you; or I don't hate you, You kill well?!"

She shook off his hand vigorously, and tremblingly said with red eyes: "I should ask you this question. What do you want me to do? I shouldn't kill the left prime minister, I should clap my hands and say he did a good job! Or should I say Should I forget everything immediately and stay by your side obediently as before, bearing your pain and kindness from time to time?"

He was silent, and the eyes of the soul were tightly closed, and she could no longer see those intoxicating or painful eye waves from his eyes.Qin Chuan suddenly felt that there was a hole in his heart, lost and wronged.When she needed him the most, he forgot everything.She could forget that painful memory now, but he remembered everything.Is fate playing with him or her?
Zuo Zichen's hand slowly loosened, his long eyelashes trembling violently, he turned around suddenly, and said in a low voice: "Sometimes I think, if I still can't remember anything, maybe it would be better."

Qin Chuan sat on the bed in a daze, and suddenly cried out unbearably. She buried her face in her knees, her voice trembling: "Don't worry about me...I don't want to see you again."

Zuo Zichen nodded numbly very slowly: "...Okay, I won't appear in front of you again."

She took several deep breaths before suppressing the pain in her throat.Raising her head, there were no more tears on her face, she said: "Zichen, I really liked you before, and I also thought about marrying you. This is sincere, and there is absolutely no falsehood."

Zuo Zichen's throat was slightly sour, and he nodded: "I know, I am also sincere, and there is absolutely no falsehood."

She added: "It's just that everything has changed now. The Yanyan you liked is dead. The Zuo Zichen I liked is also dead in my heart. Let's stop fighting, let's separate like this. Give each other A road, at least let me walk with a smile."

Zuo Zichen clenched his fist tightly, and it took a long time before he whispered: "You still want revenge?"

She didn't answer, got up and poured two cups of tea, handed him one cup, and she lifted the other cup to her chest, said in a deep voice: "Tea instead of wine, after drinking this cup, the two have nothing to do with each other from now on."

He took the teacup slowly, and waited stiffly for her to hit the cup with a crisp sound, very much like the sound of something breaking in his heart.

Qin Chuan drank his cup of tea in one gulp, threw the cup on the bed, opened the door resolutely and went downstairs.

This is an inn, and the most prosperous street in Gaodu is just outside the door.Qin Chuan walked aimlessly, but walked resolutely for a long time, suddenly felt that someone was following her, she turned her head quietly, and met Xuan Zhu's weather-stained and haggard face.

Qin Chuan looked at it for a long time, with a smile on his face: "I have always wondered why you are not here when Zuo Zichen is here. It turns out that you have been hiding in the dark. You don't look very good."

Xuanzhu looked at her not so slender and light figure coldly, and suddenly said: "You look ugly and crazy, fat like a pig! How dare you come out to meet people?"

Qin Chuan smiled and didn't care: "Isn't it just what you want if I become ugly?"

Xuan Zhu said solemnly: "You are such a cold-blooded woman!"

Qin Chuan still didn't care: "I'm cold-blooded, isn't that what you expected?"

Xuanzhu said angrily: "Not bad! But I hope you die immediately! You shouldn't torture him anymore!"

Qin Chuan hung his shoulders wearily, looked at her quietly, and said in a low voice: "Xuanzhu, you have to grow up, don't be so childish, and don't live in the past. Otherwise, it will only make me look down on you even more. Although I already despise you very much."

Her face immediately changed, but Qin Chuan didn't wait for her to say anything, his figure flickered in the crowd, and he was no longer seen.

(End of this chapter)