incomprehensible

The suspension bridge was too heavy to bear, so Ye Xuehuan could only put Lan Qi down and wait for Mo Ran to cross the bridge.

Just relying on those few drops of Gu blood couldn't suppress his old wounds, and when he stopped, he couldn't even stand up, his knees went limp and he fell to the ground, his throat rolling, he finally couldn't help it, he vomited A big mouthful of blood came out.

"Rong Cai!"

Lan Qi knelt beside him, with red eyes, tremblingly tore open the wound that had just begun to heal, and hurriedly sent it to his lips.At the critical moment, Ye Xuehuan had no time to be hypocritical, holding his hand and licking the wound, restrainedly absorbing the sweet vitality from it.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault." Lan Qi leaned on his shoulder, his voice hoarse and out of tune, "If I told you everything clearly from the beginning..."

"Little fool." Ye Xuehuan hugged him and left a bloody kiss on his forehead, "You have your own reasons, and since you feel that telling me won't help, then most of the things are necessary whether I know it or not. To take, there is no difference in the result.”

Now, it turns out that he is comforting Lan Qi who is the culprit.

It was too shocking at the beginning, but by this time, he had already figured out a lot of things, and vaguely guessed who was the person who threatened Lan Qi instead of Empress Chu.

——If it is really that person, not to mention Lan Qi, even he himself may have to submit obediently.

"I can't blame you for this, I didn't listen to you earlier." He smiled wryly, and rubbed Lan Qi's cheek with the tip of his nose, "Hey, it's okay, don't cry. Give me some more... don't cut me wrist."

Ever since he knew about the deed Gu, Ye Xuehuan had never taken the initiative to ask for blood from Lan Qi, which shows his current state is poor.

"you……"

When Lan Qi heard him say this, he knew that he had guessed the reason, and thousands of words turned into a long sigh.

It's useless to talk too much, and now only by getting out alive can these complicated causes and effects be resolved.

After all, the wound on the left palm has been there for a long time, and no matter how much it is torn, there will not be much blood; the two of them have no sharp weapon, so Lan Qi cut open the palm of the right hand with a shy bracelet, and then supplied him with fresh blood.

Tong Xuangang broke out from the fighting at the rear, saw both of them were sitting on the ground, hurried over to help them, and said with difficulty: "My lord, go quickly, they are coming up from behind."

His left arm has completely lost strength, and now he is holding the sword in his right hand, using the cloth strips torn from his clothes to firmly bind his fingers to the hilt.

Ye Xuehuan waved to him, and said calmly, "You cross the bridge first, and give me the sword."

Tong Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then panicked; Ye Xuehuan didn't give him a chance to speak, and said coldly, "Don't dawdle, this is an order."

"My lord!"

Tong Xuan stomped his feet anxiously, but Lan Qi persuaded him very calmly: "You can only cross the bridge one by one, Commander Tong, don't waste time. Rong Cai will be fine, I will accompany him."

Tong Xuan still refused to leave, Ye Xuehuan knew what he was thinking at a glance, and said with disgust: "Don't worry, I haven't sacrificed myself so much."

He held the fresh wound in Lan Qi's palm, and a large stream of blood poured into his mouth, and the comfortable warmth melted into his body, and the burning itching in his lungs gradually subsided.

Tong Xuan was helpless, not daring to disobey his orders, so he untied the long sword and handed it to Lan Qi, and he crossed the bridge first.

Mo Ran lit the torch left before, pulled Tong Xuan onto the stone bridge, and tried to look at the scene opposite by the light of the torch.

The ring-shaped tomb at the other end of the cave should have completely collapsed, but the stand remained intact for some reason, leaving the last, biggest and brightest blue flame on the top of the cave, flickering faintly and tenaciously.

"Rong Cai, hurry up!"

Mo Ran urged anxiously, and Ye Xuehuan also felt that his physical strength had recovered a bit, and helped Lan Qi to stand up, but his legs were still uncontrollably weak, and it took a while before he could stand alone.

Just as he was about to cross the hanging bridge, five corpse figurines chased out from the other side of the cave. Among them was a man with a long gun. He looked like a general, and he led his men towards the stone bridge in a dull and slow manner.

The plank road has collapsed, and those who stepped onto the stands before the collapse are the last wave.

Ye Xuehuan stood in front of the hanging bridge holding his sword, and said to Lan Qi, "Cross the bridge, I'll come after I've taken care of the last wave."

Lan Qi shook his head and said, "I'll wait for you."

Ye Xuehuan said, "These corpses have no fighting power. I can deal with them alone, but I don't have the energy to protect you now, understand? Be good, baby, go there and wait for me."

Lan Qi pursed his lips and remained silent, with strong fear in his heart, vaguely feeling that something bad was about to happen, but in the end he listened, gave him a big hug from behind, and then turned to cross the bridge.

The sound of the collapse in the underground palace gradually subsided, but there was a more forceful rumbling sound, and the whole mountainside shook again. It was impossible to determine what the movement was, but it covered up the sound of fighting on the stone bridge. Things fell on the stone bridge, but there was no way of knowing the specific situation.

Although he walked fast, every step was like walking on the tip of a knife, and his whole body hurt from stepping on it; when he reached the center of the suspension bridge, he suddenly heard Mo Ran and Tong Xuan shouting heart-piercingly at the same time.

"Rong Cai—!"

"My lord—!"

As if two heavy punches had hit his heart suddenly, Lan Qi froze in place. Seeing Mo Ran and Tong Xuan on the opposite side both showed extremely painful expressions, shaking like leaves in the wind, and suddenly lost the ability to look back. courage.

The last wave of corpse figurines is indeed still powerless, but even the insignificant ants are enough to bite a person with bruises and bruises.If it was said that the corpse figurines were only blocking people before, then they probably knew that they could no longer stop them, so they began to take the initiative to attack, and they still besieged desperately—they were not alive anyway.

The stone bridge was narrow, and Ye Xuehuan couldn't move, couldn't dodge, and didn't have much strength left. After hitting three times, he was still surrounded by the last two. The hand holding the sword was caught for a moment, and the rusty The iron gun head pierced his right abdomen without hesitation.

He could hear the crackling sound of flesh and internal organs, and could see the blood spurting from the wound, but strangely, he didn't feel much pain.

He broke free, elbowed with his right hand and kicked forward with his left leg, knocking the last two corpses off the stone bridge.

He pulled out the spear point nailed to his stomach, and the blood mixed with the flesh and the fragments of internal organs splashed on the ground. His eyes went black for a while, and he slowly slipped and fell against the bridge railing, no longer having the strength to stand up.

Until now, he could still think calmly that if he could be treated in time, the gun head would not kill him, but he was unable to get out.

"Rong... Cai...?"

The cold air poured into the whole body from the wound, and the numbness caused by the massive blood loss made him less able to feel the pain, but when he heard the broken call, all the pain that he couldn't feel seemed to be concentrated in his heart. and burst out.

Just listening to the directions, he knew that Lan Qi was still on the suspension bridge, but after all, he couldn't even win this time.

"Hey, don't come here." He looked at Lan Qi who was trembling in the middle of the bridge, and said softly, "Go quickly."

Lan Qi had already run two steps back, when he heard the words, he stopped suddenly, and said with difficulty: "You, you let me go?"

Ye Xuehuan nodded lightly: "Good boy, be obedient..."

"But you said you would never let me go again!"

Lan Qi's eyes were about to burst, and his voice was so sharp that it didn't seem to come from him himself, "You said that you will never let go, you said that you won't give me a chance to know, you said it... you Let me go now?!"

"Ye Xuerongcai, what you say... are all fucking farts?!"

No one has ever seen Lan Qi so agitated and out of control, crying, yelling, furious, and even swearing. Although it is accusation and resentment, every word is full of heartbreaking pain.

Mo Ran and Tong Xuan on the other side of the bridge were dumbfounded, Ye Xuehuan was also stunned, and finally smiled helplessly and dotingly: "But I can't bear you."

He was exhausted to the extreme, his whole body was covered in blood, only his face was pale, his forehead lightly pressed against the bridge railing, and he just looked at Lan Qi steadfastly, his glazed phoenix eyes looked deep and strong in the dimness, containing infinite nostalgia, As if he wanted to engrave that plain face in the depths of his indelible memory with this one glance, and bring him into reincarnation with his soul.

"My precious Lan'er... I can't bear to let you die with me."

This sentence contains an implicit established fact that he is going to die here eventually.Mo Ran and Tong Xuan knew very well that the tremors in the back of the mountain were getting louder and louder, even stronger than the previous movement when the underground palace collapsed, and the whole mountain might collapse.Their side may not be affected for the time being, but the more and more violent shaking will make the suspension bridge break anytime; Time passed and helped him come over.

Mo Ran clenched her fists tightly, her fingernails were bloodstained in her palm, and then she forced herself to make an extremely ugly voice: "Lan Qi... come here."

Lan Qi turned his head and stared at him indifferently, his eyes were mournful and stern.Mo Ran didn't dare to look at him, turned her head away, but still persuaded: "You still have Jinlin..."

Ye Xuehuan smiled knowingly, the years of evil friends have not been in vain, and at the last moment, Mo Ran still understands his intentions.

Lan Qi's eyes were filled with water that was unwilling to fall, and it rolled back and forth in the red eye sockets, as if it was about to turn into blood drops in the next moment.

He glared at Ye Xuehuan again, and actually turned around and walked towards Mo Ran. His footsteps were as brisk and steady as when he crossed the bridge for the first time before, without any hesitation. sink.

After a while, Lan Qi was already standing in front of him, he couldn't help but take his hand, patted the jade flower in his palm, and said in a deep voice, "Give it to Prince Su for me."

Mo Ran was stunned: "What? Who? Why?"

Lan Qi didn't seem to see his doubts, he paused every word, and said through gritted teeth: "Tell him for me that my task has been completed, and I have lived up to the entrustment of the Empress Chu. From now on, my decision to stay or stay is entirely up to me." !"

Before Mo Ran could react, Tong Xuan already knew his intentions, and said in surprise, "Young Master Lan, don't!"

However, it is impossible for anyone to catch Lan Qi. They can only see him turning around resolutely, still following the rhythm of ups and downs, but this time it is the complete opposite. When he sinks, he lands and lifts his foot when he rebounds. The hanging bridge is under his feet. Like the sea in a storm, the waves were trampled higher and higher by him, the white jade bridge slabs shattered piece by piece, and the bridge cables let out ear-piercing dying groans, and finally broke when he was about to reach the opposite bank, leaving two pieces of the broken bridge limp. Falling down the cliff respectively.

Lan Qi's figure sank suddenly, and then he quickly grabbed one side of the bridge cable, raised his breath and lightened his body, and used his strength to swing himself high, and landed lightly and delicately in front of Ye Xuehuan.

——In this way, step by step, he broke his last retreat.

Mo Ran couldn't bear to turn her back, almost burst into tears: "Rong Cai...you...you..."

In the end, he couldn't say any farewell words, and ran into the mountain path as if fleeing.With tears streaming down his face, Tong Xuan knelt down and kowtowed three times towards the opposite bank, then also stumbled away.

The mountain has finally stretched to its limit, and the rumbling noise is no longer limited to the underground palace in the cave, but seems to have broken through some kind of obstacle, spread to this side, and suddenly became clear, connected into pieces, and deafening.Large and small rocks kept rolling down, and the half of the extended stone bridge was also covered with cracks.

But for the two remaining in it, none of that matters.

Ye Xuehuan sighed lightly, the sting and bewilderment flashed in his eyes, and finally turned into relief and relief.

At such a time, he still thinks that Lan Qi's figure landing like a frightened dragon swimming in a dragon is wonderful; just like that snowy night when he first saw him, Lan Qi also appeared in front of him like this, disheveled, weak and embarrassed, but That calm and proud body can't be covered by any dirt and dirt, no matter where it is placed, it is shining brightly, so cute that he can't take his eyes off it.

"You..." He shook his head as if admitting defeat, his eyes, which were usually cold and severe, bent into an extremely soft shape, "Come here, let me hug you."

Lan Qi sat down beside him with a gloomy face, raised his hand and slapped him first, then buried himself in his arms, but turned his head to the other side as if angry, leaving only the back of his head.

Of course this slap didn't use much force, but Ye Xuehuan was still caught off guard. While hugging him tightly with the remaining strength, he laughed hoarsely: "Lan'er is so fierce, it's hard for you and me to pretend to be good until now."

Lan Qi had no intention of teasing him at all, and tremblingly said: "Does it mean that as long as I lie to you once, you don't want me once?"

"I don't want you... How could I not want you." Ye Xuehuan rested her chin on the top of his hair and murmured, "I don't want you to die, and I don't want you to live alone in this world... Lan'er, I really can't do anything about you..."

Lan Qi's heart was twisted like a knife, and tears fell silently.He tightly hugged Ye Xuehuan's body that was gradually losing temperature, and blood flowed out from the penetrating wound on the right abdomen, soaking their clothes soaked, and in a blink of an eye they became cold again.

"Good baby, turn around, okay?" Ye Xuehuan bit Lan Qi's white ear tip, "Let me see you...let me see you again."

With sobs in his throat, Lan Qi turned his head, leaned forward and kissed his chin, then slowly kissed his lips again, rubbing against each other softly.Ye Xuehuan's eyes were already dark, his consciousness dissipated with the loss of blood and body temperature, and even his sense of touch was about to fail; but even so, he could still taste the bitter and astringent taste on Lan Qi's lips.

"Be good, don't cry." He was panting hard, and seemed to be getting weaker with every word he said, but he was as gentle as the usual little love words under the covers, "We will still be together until we die... It's just that the son is a little pitiful."

Lan Qi said sullenly: "Jinlin will understand me and take care of the young master."

"You selfish little cat." Ye Xuehuan laughed, "But that's okay, my good little cat will always be mine alone."

He closed his eyes, and could vaguely feel the warm skin on his neck and the moist water, but he couldn't hear the words he said clearly, he just instinctively confided his last voice, "Lan'er... You, I am satisfied."

"Yes, me too."

Lan Qi responded softly, but no further reply could be received, only weaker and weaker breathing was left in his ears.

"Lan'er..."

As if gathering up the last bit of strength, Ye Xuehuan turned his head and pressed against Lan Qi's side face, but his lips did not move, only a little erratic voice came out, "If there is an afterlife...you still...would you like it? meeting……"

He used to not believe in these illusory ghosts and gods, but in the end, he still couldn't be satisfied with the lingering years in this life after all.It's a pity that the promise of the afterlife was cut off in the last long sigh before it was spoken.

At that moment, Lan Qi couldn't feel any sorrow in his heart, only endless blankness and ashes, quiet and nothingness like the beginning of heaven and earth, the universe is prehistoric.

He is a shadow that shouldn't exist in the sun. All the bright lights and colors in his life were painted by Ye Xuehuan himself, and now he has faded back to his original haggard appearance with his departure.

The relationship between them is like vines and big trees. Even if the vines without the support of the trunk can survive, they are just crawling on the ground and can no longer climb to high places.

He curled himself up in that favorite position, where there was still a familiar body temperature, and he could still hear a few irregular heartbeats, but it was only a matter of time before it stopped completely.

He didn't want to do anything, he didn't want to think about anything, he didn't even bother to move his hand to end his life.The only way out has been cut off by him, even if he uses Deed Gu to change his life, there is no possibility of survival, so there is no need to struggle and resist at all, just wait for the completely collapsed mountainside to bury them together - all he has to do is close his eyes. The eyes wait, and then sleep with the one you love deeply into eternity.

The mountainside continued to collapse, and the stone bridge was gradually collapsing. The shattered bridge rails and decks fell into the rift below, making a dull thumping sound.

In the gap between being completely empty and waiting for death, Lan Qi finally heard something unusual belatedly.

——Is this the sound of a stone falling to the ground?This is clearly falling into the water.

Moreover, the rumbling and loud noise that was so clear from just now was too coherent and continuous. Rather than saying that the mountain wall collapsed, it was better to say that the torrent was hitting the stone wall.

Lan Qi shuddered suddenly, supported Ye Xuehuan's body with one hand, poked his head out of the bridge railing dangerously, and looked down.

The lampstand above the stand is still lingering, flickering pitiful blue flames; but only need such a little light, he can fully see the big crack ten feet deep and thirty feet wide below. In the valley, the muddy water entraining the mountain mud is rushing rapidly!

There was absolutely no such water flow when they came, but to ensure that the imperial mausoleum's organ hub can operate for thousands of years, running water is the best way, so it is not unusual to have running water in the mountains.

——Did the landslide cause the mountain torrents to pour back, or...was this also one of the original mechanism designs of the Imperial Mausoleum?

He didn't have time to think about it for a while, staring at the rushing water, his breathing became more and more rapid, the heart that was about to be silent was beating violently again, forcing the blood in his whole body to rush and boil.

——Such a large flow of water has flowed for such a long time, but the water level has not risen at all, which only shows that the water flow has another outlet!

This is really a bright future!

Lan Qi held Ye Xuehuan's face excitedly, kissed him heavily on the forehead, hugged him tightly into his arms, and murmured: "Rong Cai... still has hope..."

He felt that he was really obsessed with ghosts just now. He clearly swore to himself secretly that he would make his sweetheart always live up to his name, be radiant and radiant forever; Can you make him look so lifeless?

He is the unparalleled Prince Rong of the Chongyang Dynasty. His life of countless glory has just started, and he still has endless potential and possibilities. underground?

It's just that from now on, perhaps no one will be able to accompany him to rule the army and kill the enemy, defend the land and open up the border.

But even so, there is no fear or pain in Lan Qi's heart, nor is there any boring self-satisfaction, only the love that is about to overflow and a little sense of relief.

——At that moment, he really understood what Ye Xuehuan was feeling when he said he couldn't bear him.

"Rong Cai...I won't let you have any trouble." He carefully kissed the cheek that he slapped just now, "No matter what I do, you will definitely forgive me, won't you?"

——If Ye Xuehuan could really hear what he said, he might be spanking him again right now.

He smiled softly, pulled off the belts of the two, tied himself and Ye Xuehuan tightly together, hugged his neck again, and unilaterally asked for a long kiss.

Then, holding his gradually cold and heavy body, together with the rolling gravel from the mountainside, he fell into the torrent of water that would lead somewhere below.

…………

"You said... who?"

In the valley outside the imperial mausoleum, Yu Tian gritted his teeth and stared at Mo Ran with a gloomy face, "Say it again, who did Lan Qi say it was for?"

The two sides of the Naihe Bridge are independent of each other. Lan Qi is right about this point. Although the main body of the underground palace collapsed and could no longer collapse, the Huangquan Road was not affected after all, and she was finally able to escape safely.

When she was helped out from the exit by the soldiers, it was already the evening of the second day outside, and the warm yellow sunset made her blindfolded, and she passed out as soon as she stepped on the ground.

The soldiers hurriedly carried her into the tent, asked the accompanying military doctor to give her a diagnosis, and at the same time sent people to go down the tunnel to investigate the situation. On the way, they met the confused Mo Ran and Tong Xuan.

Yu Tian's condition is not very good, he lost blood, dehydrated, physically exhausted, and mentally weak, but fortunately he was not injured.Her forehead band was already in disarray during the previous flight, and the soldiers took it off when they wiped her face. When they saw the two spots of eyebrow sand, they were quite frightened; fortunately, they didn't know much about the Queen's eyebrows. Sha is different from ordinary wives, and he can't tell the difference, but he doesn't dare to touch her lightly, for fear of offending the nobleman.Basically, none of the military doctors knew about gynecology, so they didn't dare to give the pregnant woman any medicine. They just fed her some light salt water and waited for her to recover on her own.

It was late at night when Yu Tian woke up, Mo Ran and Tong Xuan were both there, but Ye Xuehuan and Lan Qi were missing.

The entire camp was full of grief, all the guards, big and small, were secretly wiping away tears, and no one took a breath, she understood.

"……how so?"

Her voice was hoarse, and her expression was depressed. The rest in the middle of the night was not enough to make up for her exhausted physical strength. The news of the deaths of Ye Xuehuan and Lan Qi was a heavy blow to her.

No matter how delicate the relationship was before, the relationship between fleeing together at the moment of life and death is different; she fully thought that after going back without any danger this time, it would be able to promote a closer and stronger trust between the emperor and the Rongfu However, Ye Xuehuan and Lan Qi were both folded inside when they reached the exit together.

How would she explain to the emperor, the queen mother, Prince Ning, Marquis Xiyun, and the 15 frontier troops in the northwest?

She couldn't accept such a result anyway.

She first asked about the current situation of the underground palace, only to find out that although Huangquan Road was intact, the entrance to the main body of the underground palace had been blocked, so she had to clean up the chaotic rocks first, and then find a way to find someone on the other side with a rope ladder.

Ye Xuehuan was the only purple-robed prince in the dynasty, and he had to see the dead and the dead. Although his injuries made it impossible for him to live, at least he had to take the body back for burial.

Mo Ran told her what happened with a blank face, and she also listened silently with a blank face; it was only when he heard that Lan Qi was going to entrust Yuhua to the last object that he suddenly raised her head, and her expression could even be said to be a little ferocious. .

"...Prince Su, Yexue is really dark." Mo Ran shook her head in a daze, "He also said..."

Yu Tian interrupted him coldly: "I can't give it to him, give it to me."

Mo Ran stared at her in disbelief, although it was forced by the situation, but it was an indisputable fact that he abandoned his friends for many years and escaped alone, which was enough to become his lifelong shame.For countless sleepless nights from now on, he may think of Ye Xuehuan's last gentle and calm eyes and Lan Qi's heroic and decisive back, and then be swallowed up by endless self-blame and guilt.

In the end, Lan Qi left him such a simple entrustment, but Yu Tian refused to let him complete it, and even robbed Lan Qi of what he bought with his life-although he didn't know what it was and what it was for, but he couldn't let him do it. Yu Tian finally got an advantage.

"Why should I give it to you?" Mo Ran jumped up with raised eyebrows, "This is Lan Qi..."

"Don't you understand?!"

Yu Tian's voice was louder than his, and he swished away the nocturnal birds in the forest, "Why does Lan Qi have to open the coffin? Is he all right to play with his life and King Rong's life?! Because of that It was Ye Xuequan who coerced him to take the things back!"

"You, what did you say?"

Mo Ran's arrogance was extinguished immediately, and his heart was completely cold, "You mean..."

Yu Tian didn't pay attention to him, she supported her faintly painful lower abdomen, felt the throbbing pain in her forehead, and immediately figured out many causes and effects, she couldn't help but sneered and said: "Ye Xuequan... I really underestimated him." He... all of us have underestimated him! It turns out that he is the most crucial move of Queen Chu, and Lan Qi is really just an abandoned piece!"

Although it was in the wilderness, calling the prince by his name would be a crime of disrespect even if she were the queen, but no one cared about these details at this time.

Tong Xuan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly had red eyes, and paused every word: "Your Majesty, are you serious?"

Yu Tian glanced at him, calmed down a little, and said irritably: "You can't fight him, let alone there is no evidence, don't think about revenge, stay here and get the body out first."

She took out Mo Ran's kit bag from her bosom, threw it on him, and shouted: "Hurry up and give it to me!"

Mo Ran was captured by her aura, or rather startled by her words just now, subconsciously caught the kit, and handed Yuhua over.

Yu Tian snatched it away, and said in a low voice: "This matter must be concealed first, and the news of King Rong's death should not be disclosed until the body is found. We will go back to Danlu immediately, and if Ye Xuequan asks you after we go back, you will not let it go." He said he didn't know, did you hear that?!"

Mo Ran asked: "Do you know what this flower is for?"

"I don't know." Yu Tian snorted coldly, "But Ye Xuequan must know, so we can't let him know that the flower has been taken out."

The words were a bit convoluted, Mo Ran frowned, but he never objected after all.

"I will make him pay the price." Yu Tian's eyes were full of fierceness, "No matter what he wants...he will never get it!"