The Four Concubines

"17 years ago, the Guangxia Army came to invade. My father had just taken office at that time. The Guangxia Army knew about it and wanted to take my father into action and give Daqin a blow."

"I was only three years old at the time. My mother and I were separated from my father by a sneak attack by the Guangxia army. It was the head of the Liang family who saved us."

"After the Guangxia Army was repelled, we were able to meet our father. The kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring, let alone the kindness of saving a life."

"Liang Zigu and I grew up together. Although the two families did not agree on a marriage contract, Pingcheng felt that I would marry Liang Zigu."

"My mother passed away shortly after giving birth to Zhen'er. I was ignorant when I was a child. At that time, I didn't like Zhen'er very much. I always thought that he killed my mother..."

The wind on the city wall was too strong, Chen Gui hugged his arm subconsciously, Yun Xiao handed her his big coat, with a calm expression, "Then what?"

"My father and Zhen'er don't like Liang Zigu. I can feel that although Zhen'er is afraid of me, his resistance to Liang Zigu is surprisingly obvious, and so is my father. It seems that he is usually cautious, but he treats Liang's family like that. Have a good face."

"But it's gotten better in the past few years..."

"Oh." Yun Xiao was thoughtful.

"If it wasn't for Shanpingguan, maybe I would really marry Liang Zigu." Chen Wei smiled self-deprecatingly.

"Liu Yang said before that he reached an agreement with Kepler, and Liang Zigu also had a part in this agreement, right?" Yun Xiao looked at Chen Gui with burning eyes.

Chen Gui's face became very ugly, and after a long time, he gave the answer as if discouraged.

"Yes."

"Heh." Yun Xiao turned his gaze to the outside, with a face full of sarcasm, if Pingcheng was destroyed, ordinary people might escape, but it is impossible for these wealthy families to have nothing to do, the families so calmly huddled together At home, it could only be that the terms have been negotiated with Kepler.

This turmoil in the West is completely a transaction between the Pingcheng family, a "devious" offer of the city!

"So, your conscience suddenly realized that you shouldn't do it, so you started to defend the city?" Yun Xiao's tone was full of ridicule.

Chen Gui was silent, lowered his head and said, "My father is the prefect of Pingcheng, I can't let him bear a thousand years of infamy."

Yun Xiao's eyes were indifferent, and his tone was even more indifferent, "Then let me give you a piece of advice, you can't have it both ways, if you want to keep Pingcheng, but also want to keep love, that's impossible, I spare Liang Zigu's life today, This life can be regarded as helping you repay the kindness he saved you and your mother back then."

Chen Gui looked at Yun Xiao in disbelief.

Yun Xiao knew there was still no expression on his face, "There are no external factors, I hope you will think about it, your family and yourself, your father and Liang Zigu, who do you choose? Or, ask yourself, what do you think of Liang Zigu? What is the idea."

"It's windy, let's go back." After Yun Xiao finished speaking, she frowned and walked down the city wall with heavy steps.

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In the middle of the night, thunder began to sound outside Pingcheng, "Boom!" "Boom!"

The Guangxia Army stationed outside Pingcheng did not have such a good life. The explosion was completely above their heads. They had heard this sound half a month ago. It was almost a sound. The Guangxia Army They got up and yelled, and rushed out of the tent with weapons.

It's just that people woke up, but the "boom" sound disappeared. Kepler looked at Pingcheng quietly dormant in the distance with a dark face, and wanted to order an attack, but was worried that there would be another "boom" sound above his head when he went out. , had no choice but to put on a dark face and announce the dissolution.

When she came back on the [-]st, she reported the situation to Yun Xiao, Yun Xiao nodded in response, and continued to look at the letter in her hand.

"Your Majesty." No. [-] did not leave immediately.

Yun Xiao looked up, "Huh?"

"Your Majesty, do you want to send someone to watch over Miss Chen?" No. [-] said such a sentence for no reason.

Yun Xiao just smiled when she heard it. After being with her for such a long time, No. [-] has somewhat understood her style of conduct. Before, she deliberately hated Chen Wei on the city wall, but she just wanted to let Chen Wei know the truth. Feel bad.

Yun Xiao squeezed the letter paper in her hand, and said in her heart, "Keep an eye on it, she will probably go to Liang Zigu in the next few days, and take advantage of the Shanpingguan still needing some time, hurry up and end these things." ..."

"Eh."

Yun Xiao let out a long sigh of relief as she sat on the chair, she only felt sorry for the parents of the world.

For three days in a row, the people in Pingcheng could hear the muffled thunder that sounded in the middle of the night. At first, there were people cursing, and then no one cared about it, but the Guangxia army didn't think so. Let's gather, we can't catch people, and the night is too dark to dare to attack the city, if we don't gather, we're afraid that someone will come to sneak attack that day, and we can't guard against it.

Kepler was so angry that he went back to smash his tent every day, but for some reason he had to freeze in this place.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, Yun Xiao received a notice from the dark guard and led the horse to the west city.

This girl's heart is too big. She dared to run so far with Liang Zigu alone at such an extraordinary time. Even if you two want to elope, I have to nod and open the city gate, right...

West of the city, Guoan Temple.

"What did you come to me to say?"

Because of Yun Xiao's words, Chen Wei has been in a trance for the past few days, but in Liang Zigu's eyes, he feels that Chen Wei is just perfunctory him.

Liang Zi frowned unremarkably, then stretched it out very quickly, looked at Chen Wei with a smile on his face and said, "It's been inconvenient to come out these days, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing?"

In the past, when Chen Wei heard Liang Zigu's concern, he would feel a little heartwarming, but at this time, Chen Wei only felt that it was hypocrisy.

"It's okay." Chen Wei replied.

Seeing Chen Gui's averted gaze, Liang Zigu felt even more annoyed, so he simply didn't hide the purpose of his visit this time.

"Have you said anything to the emperor?" After going down the city wall that day, the more he thought about it when he went home, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he remembered the rebellious things he had said, if Chen Gui told Yun Xiao about those...

Liang Zigu's eyes flashed murderous intent.

Chen Gui didn't see Liang Zigu's eyes, and closed his eyes tiredly, "If you mean what you said when you chatted before, I didn't say it."

Liang Zigu's eyes were fixed on Chen Wei's face, trying his best to tell whether Chen Wei was lying or not.

"Chen Gui..." Liang Zigu put one hand in the sleeve of the other, looked at Chen Gui and shouted in a deep voice.

"En?" Chen Wei raised her head subconsciously, but saw a bright light heading straight for her face.

Chen Wei closed her eyes, her heart was cold, how ridiculous she was, she was still struggling and entangled, she was fine now, the person opposite directly helped her make a choice, if she was still alive...

"Stab!"

It's the sound of razor-slide cloth.

fabric?

Putting a warm hand on his shoulder, Chen Wei suddenly opened his eyes, only to see Yun Xiao appearing here at some point, leading him back with one hand, and with the other...

Chen Wei looked at Yun Xiao's bleeding arm, and looked up at Liang Zigu in disbelief.

Liang Zigu was also stunned, but when he came back to his senses, he saw Yun Xiao looking at him with a smile on his face, that smile was so bright, as if to say, "I'm just waiting for your knife."

"Clang." The knife in Liang Zigu's hand fell to the ground, he was finished, assassinated the emperor, punished the crimes of the nine clans, the Liang family was finished!

"I'm quite good at choosing a place. People in Pingcheng are in panic. There are only two young monks who knocked the bell in Guo'an Temple. They died here. The war is tight. I really don't want to send someone to look for her. I will pay back in a while. It's really hard to find this place." Yun Xiao was the most calm person in the audience, his arm was still bleeding, and he still had the leisure to look at the surrounding scenery.

"However, if you dare to use your sword and kill someone in front of the Buddha in a pure place of Buddhism, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to reach the Western Paradise after death?" Yun Xiao turned her tone and looked at Liang Zigu and said sharply.

The bell of Guoan Temple rang slowly.

Liang Zigu's mouth was full of bitterness, and he stood there powerlessly.

Chen Gui came back to his senses and hurriedly went to see Yun Xiao's wound.

Yun Xiao shook her head lightly, and watched Liang Zigu speak, but Chen Weiru was struck by lightning, "The turmoil 17 years ago was probably the result of your Liang family and Guangxia's active collusion."

Liang Zi narrowed his eyes.

Yun Xiao continued, "17 years ago, the prefect of Pingcheng retired and returned to his hometown. The new prefect was transferred from the capital. It is rumored that the new prefect was the emperor's favorite minister at that time. He was upright and unparalleled in the limelight. As the largest aristocratic family in Pingcheng, the Liang family has been domineering for decades, and in order to continue to do so in the next few decades, they contacted the Guangxia royal court."

Chen Wei looked at Yun Xiao in disbelief, Yun Xiao turned his gaze to Chen Wei, and ruthlessly told the truth, "The Liang family arranged for you and your mother to be rescued back then, and your father was threatened by the Liang family because of this. My mother's death was also due to years of stagnation, so she couldn't make it through after giving birth."

"Stop talking..." Chen Wei seemed to be screaming from his throat.

Yun Xiao didn't seem to hear it, and continued, "A few years ago your father tolerated the Liang family in every possible way because of you and your mother. After your mother passed away, you and Liang Zigu became very close. Your father is between the courtiers and your father. , chose to be a good father, for this reason, he can swallow the bitter fruit of more than ten years, just wishing you a safe life."

"Tch." Yun Xiao sneered, "Chen Yuebin, a high-spirited officialdom star in the capital, has now become such a yes-man..."

"do not talk!"

Chen Gui's mournful cry echoed in the empty temple.

Yun Xiao lowered her eyes, that's why she asked her to think carefully before, but in the end, she still had to tell the truth...

Father's love is really great.

When the conversation was almost over, Yun Xiao winked outside, and No. [-] brought someone in and silently took Liang Zigu away.

Yun Xiao glanced at Chen Gui, turned and left.

"Send two people to follow her." After leaving the door, Yun Xiao ordered.

"Yes." No. [-] took the order, "Your Majesty's injury..."

Yun Xiao shook her head, "It's okay."

"Your Majesty, you have changed a lot since you came back from the Gobi this time." After hesitating for a moment, No. [-] opened his mouth.

"Really? Has it changed for the better or worse?" Yun Xiao asked indifferently.

"I can't say it's good or bad..." No. [-] looked up at Yun Xiao, making sure she wasn't angry, and then continued, "I just feel that you...are more considerate of other people's feelings when you do things. If it was before..."

"If it was before, it would be nothing more than speaking out and beating Chen Wei, or telling her what happened directly. It's not like doing useless work this time, right?" Yun Xiao continued.

No. [-] dared not answer.

Yun Xiao continued to walk out, and when she reached the gate of Guo'an Temple, she stopped suddenly, turned her head and looked behind her, with a rare fragility on her face.

"Brother Ting taught me. Some things seem to be useless, but they are meaningful to me. Everything is useless. I never judge by the results."

Just like Brother Ting would rather die than hand her over in exchange for safety, Chen Yuebin can drive his whole world into the abyss for the sake of his wife and daughter...

"I want to try too..." Yun Xiao's tone was very light. "However... it seems that it is not very successful..."

After Yun Xiao finished speaking, she took a deep look at Guo'an Temple, turned around and rode away without the slightest nostalgia.

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The author has something to say:

There are a lot of things going on today, I wrote it a bit late, and the little emperor has changed a little bit.