Phoenix Dance and Thousands of Sorrows II

Mu Li shook his head: "I will be reckless in the next moment and offend Your Highness, please forgive me." His tone was humble, his head was deliberately lowered, and he opened the distance.

Xia Yuge was stunned: "Then—what do you say, kill Xia Zihan, or create various troubles to make him difficult in Yin Country?"

Don't do this again, it's as far away as if you can't see through it anymore.

In fact, perhaps in the past 13 years, he has never really understood Mu Li - this man who is always gentle and calm.

Mu Li's expression calmed down in an instant: "I dare not interfere with Your Highness's important affairs. The clothes are ready, please take a look at them." But without waiting for Xia Yuge's answer, he quickly got up and stepped back to the next door.

Instead of casually going out as usual, but—retire.

No, no, no, wrong, everything wrong!

Like an electric shock, Xia Yuge scrambled to block the door, grabbed Mu Li's shoulders, with such strength that he seemed to crush the opponent's bones, and forcibly pulled him over. When he met Mu Li's calm eyes, he suddenly became weak: "Since you stayed by my side for so many years just for revenge, now——are you going to leave?"

Mu Li lowered his eyes, and uttered every word clearly from his lips, gently but firmly: "Mu Li was ordered by His Majesty Jingdi in his early years, and he dare not break his oath in this life."

Xia Yuge took a few steps back, looked at Mu Li in disbelief, and murmured: "Contract,,, contract,,, it turned out to be this,,,"

There was a desolate smile on the corner of his mouth, but his face was calm: "Then——give me that dagger."

Mu Li took a deep breath, took out the Moon Slashing Dagger from his sleeve, and offered it with both hands.

Xia Yuge picked up the dagger, and slid his fingers over the patterns on it. It was silver and white, and the handle was engraved with a waning moon, and the parallel stars were broken and light-moon stars, stars bound by fate.

Fingers pressed hard, the fine powder slipped from the fingers, rustling like stars and stars, the patterns accompanied by the moon and stars faded away layer by layer, and finally disappeared without a trace.

"A Li, since you are bound by a contract, then - from today, you are free."

Mu Li took over the Zhanyue Dagger with the pattern annihilated, looked up, with a gentle smile on her beautiful face, and bowed slightly: "Then—from now on, what I do has nothing to do with you."

Retired to the door, turned around again, and repeated emphatically: "It has nothing to do with you!"

The gate of the ceremony hall was quietly closed, the curtain was heavy to lock the smoke, and the people who stayed in the room were blocked from sighing: "Actually——I just want to see you happy."

At dusk, the spies reported: Mu Li left Yuming Palace and rode through the west gate.

Half a moment later, the spy's report brought some speculation: the direction Mu Li left was Qizhou.

An hour later, the speculation became full: Mu Li bypassed the official road to go to Qizhou, and took a small road to go straight to the southwest, for the purpose of going to the country of Yin.

Xia Yuge frowned tightly, and tried his best to suppress the waves in his voice: "Everyone go down, I don't want to hear any more news."

That lunatic is really going to Yin country!

Looking back, the room is dark and dense, under the lamp is a light summer dress, the inner layer of ice cream is light water blue, the outer layer is moon white raw silk material, embroidered with bamboo patterns with red thread twisted with gold and silver threads, the ice is moist and delicate The aroma makes you feel like you are in the sea of ​​fragrant snow.

He knew that this kind of incense was called Suhui, and it was rare in the palace, but someone used it to make incense against insects.

Distraught, he put it away, stuffed it into the closet, took it out again after a pause, unfolded it, his hands trembling.

He had long expected that one day Mu Li would choose to leave by himself, and Ah Li's life would no longer be centered on him, spinning endlessly.Looking forward to having a piece of sky outside that can only accommodate A Li and revolve around A Li alone.

No matter how big the sky is, at least, Ah Li has an independent soul, and the meaning of existence is no longer following that man named Xia Yuge.

He even imagined that one day in the future, he would go to Ah Li's happy little family and see his beloved partner, and then, as Ah Li's best friend for many years, talk about their respective lives and smile at each other.

Absolutely not, it's definitely not like this kind of grievances and enmity, the quarrel broke out, one ran away, the other got angry, and then——one shot and two broke up.

What's the use of looking back now?

Some people are doomed to fail.

At the same time, a conspiracy in the secret room is unfolding in whispers.

"Your Majesty, Mu Li and His Highness have fallen out."

"Didn't you be affectionate last night? Hmph, do you believe in acting?"

"It's true, Mu Li found out the Nine Links Xia Zihan gave from the room of His Highness the Third Highness, and just like that, they fell out. The Moon Zhan Dagger was also destroyed, and Mu Li is now out of the city."

"Oh? Mu Li goes home to offer incense every Qingming Festival, even during the two years in Yin Country. Fen'er is asking for death."

"Your Majesty, take advantage of Mu Li's isolation and helplessness. Do you want to send a killer to wait on the road?"

"It was necessary to get rid of Mu Li before because he was the right-hand man of Yu'er, but now it seems that he is not so loyal." Xia Ziling coughed lightly, picked up the teacup, and sighed, "The apprentice brought out by the fourth uncle is rare. Please, it would be a waste of money to kill like this."

"Your Majesty means—to be used by His Majesty? Then I will immediately inform His Majesty of his love for talents—"

Xia Ziling said coldly: "It's unreasonable to be impatient. Now that Mu Li has left, we should tell someone."

"Four princes!"

Xia Jingyou retreated to the left and right, and changed into a brisk attire by herself.

A mocking voice came from behind the carved stone screen: "Are you really going?"

"Naturally, the play needs to be full. It's still too late to chase after it. A Li can also act into the play." Xia Jingyou put on a blank expression, and put on his belt, "What's more, no matter how I use it, I don't want to see such a face die In front of me."

The voice behind the screen was as light as a gust of wind: "I don't want to care about your master-student relationship, I just want to see how 'that person' dies."

Xia Jingyou twitched the corners of his mouth, looking distorted: "I want to too, but I can't, he is the last person to die in the plan..."

"That's why he saw more cruelty and endured more pain. Your fourth uncle is quite competent."

Xia Jingyou looked at the dark twilight, misty and longing, pain and bliss intertwined and changed on his face: "The first scene of the uncle and nephew's seizure of the throne has come to an end, and the upcoming brother-in-law fight will be extremely exciting, big brother, you are in the sky!" Watch carefully, and see how your sons kill each other."

The next day, His Majesty Sima Yi, Young Master Chi Jin, and Emperor Yinghua's younger brother Xia Yuge went to Liangguo.

The emperor hosted a banquet on the Golden Feather Terrace. On the nine-foot-high platform, there were clusters of soft red flowers. A red pansy flower carved with red eight-treasure glass faced the southwest. It was lonely and vigorous, showing the unparalleled courage and dignity of the royal family of Yi Kingdom.

Xia Yuge took the farewell wine and drank it, followed by civil and military officials in turn, and said some casual and polite words, which actually didn't mean much.

Xia Yuge frowned slightly due to the smell of alcohol. He has always been in poor health, except for some important occasions, he would not drink at all.

Putting the wine glass on the table, he habitually looked to his left, only to see the gray-haired Liang Qinghui smiling and toasting him.

I can no longer see that familiar person, sitting there, calmly passing the glass full of wine in front of him to my own, secretly changing to a clear water glass, and smiling tacitly.

I always thought that it was so close, it seemed to be there forever, until one day it was gone, and I couldn't find it anymore, then I realized that it was really gone, and I couldn't get back no matter what.

Thinking wildly again, Xia Yuge smiled wryly, and reluctantly picked up the wine bottle and drank it slowly, the taste of ice and fire rushed into the internal organs and turned over in his mind, and those wild thoughts gushed out even more uncontrollably.

Sitting in the car, the guardian is Mingfeng.

It doesn't matter to anyone, it doesn't matter.

In fact, although I regret, I still feel a little happy in my heart.For more than ten years, Mu Li has always centered on him, life and death are inseparable, and all sorrows and joys are determined by him. During these ten years of companionship, Mu Li has grown into a generation of heroes with outstanding talents and amazing martial arts. Even Mu Li himself does not know. How strong you are.

In Mu Li's eyes, he was always the only one.

Ten years ago, he easily promised to give his soul. How could such a person be happy?

The guard of honor goes out of the west gate and crosses the west street.Wherever he went, there were thousands of people in the alleys, young men and women, yellow hair, businessmen and diners rushed to see the most legendary Fenghuang son in Dayi. The flying phoenix screamed in surprise, and some noble ladies and daughters even forgot to be reserved and threw bouquets of flowers from tall buildings to the guard of honor.

Xia Yuge sat upright like a jade carving, cheering outside like a storm, but there was silence around him, his eyes were closed for a long time, and he suddenly opened his eyes: "Mingfeng, how is the arrangement of Ah Li's shadow guard?"

Ming Feng sighed: "Actually, Mr. Mu Li's swordsmanship is enough to become the number one swordsman in Yi Country."

"That's right, I don't even know how high his martial arts are." Xia Yuge smiled wryly and shook his head, "Now I suddenly realize that I thought I knew him well, but actually I don't know anything about him."

Mingfeng laughed softly, and suddenly thought of the scene of Yuming Palace being assassinated that day: "Perhaps you should be careful of Mr. Muli—the assassin who rushed into Yuming Palace that day was actually solved by Mr. Muli alone. —only one sword was used.”

Mingfeng only saw that sword for a moment, it was so fast that it seemed like an illusion.I only remember that dozens of figures rose from the Liushang Pond, and then a huge water flower exploded in the Liushang Pond, with blood floating.

It seemed that his eyes were just dazzled, and the wind with the scent of blood went around the back of his head, and the blood sprinkled all over his back.

Then, he was in a trance, and seemed to remember that there was a white light breaking through the water just now, and the wind was like lightning.

Ming Feng turned around, staring in amazement at the blood all over the ground and the broken corpses lying in a pool of blood, the bloody flowers in the pool bloomed bigger and bigger.

The person in the pool of blood is tall and tall, also covered in blood, with a thin and thin figure, but looks so weak that it can be blown away by a gust of wind.The sword is in the hand, and the blood will not be stained.

Mu Li was as quiet as an orchid, as if her clothes hadn't been touched.

After hearing the second half of Mingfeng's sentence, Xia Yuge's eyes exploded in shock: "What? You said that Ah Li can kill those assassins who broke into Yuming Palace with a single sword?"

Mingfeng was stunned: "It is true that he solved it alone. How many opponents are there in the world?"

Xia Yuge's eyes contracted violently, and he clenched his fists unconsciously: "Mingfeng, let me ask you, if it were you, would you put the strongest killer in the isolated and helpless Taishan Mansion, or in the heavily guarded Yuming Palace?"

Without hesitation, Mingfeng blurted out, "Naturally, it's Yuming Palace,,,", and a blast of icy frost struck the internal organs, and Mingfeng's face changed drastically: "Heaven—"

Since the killer in Yuming Palace could be dealt with by Mu Li with just a single sword strike, how can it be explained that Taishan was hunted down to the point of being bruised and even sunk into a dungeon?

It is impossible for Mu Li's swordsmanship to improve by leaps and bounds in a few months.

Subconsciously, Leng Feng moved his eyes and exchanged glances with Xia Yuge.

For a long while, there was silence.

Hearing Xia Yuge heaved a sigh of relief, as if his whole body's strength had been taken away, a thread of astringency crawled up the corner of his lips, and said quietly: "Forget it, everyone is gone——Who is the guard you arranged?"

Mingfeng took a deep breath: "My lord, it's not Ange and Ouchi, it's a swordsman I made friends with when I was in a hurry."

Xia Yuge nodded slightly, his face as calm as water: "Don't worry about anything else, just don't let Ah Li step half a step into the territory of Yin Country, even if you are knocked out and tied up."

As soon as he entered the country of Yin, Mu Li, who lost his protection, how could he escape the rain of bright spears and dark knives?

Over the years, overtly and secretly, Mu Li has already made countless enemies for his own sake.Although I hope that A Li will leave me to seek happiness, but this is definitely out of concern for A Li, so naturally I want to help him to the end, instead of simply kicking him away.

Behind the surging crowd, there was only a teahouse with its windows tightly closed, leaning against the window as a thin silhouette, trembling all over, trying not to turn his head, and opened the window to look at the street.

"Goodbye——" After a long time, he uttered two words softly, his body as weak as a sudden loss of support, and slowly slid to the ground.

Goodbye, forever.

The music of the guard of honor gradually faded away, and the voices of the people roared like a hurricane in the distance.

The person sitting opposite him came over, helped him up, and sighed: "A Li, you can cry if you want to cry."

Mu Li climbed up the table and stood up slowly, sat up straight, stretched his pale face, and tried his best to tear out a smile: "No, there will be traces, and they will be seen."

Xia Jingyou fell silent, slowly opened the window, and poured boiling water into the other party's teacup: "Then——continue drinking tea."

The exquisite jadeite cup reflected the red tea soup in a strange color, like blood mixed with poison. Mu Li held the cup and picked it up. A drop of boiling water splashed out, causing a tingling pain on the back of his hand.Mu Li raised his head, drank the tea, turned his eyes suddenly, stared at Xia Jingyou fiercely with despair, "Master, you must help him when the young master returns."

He took out a stack of silk with words written on it from his bosom: "Young master has been in poor health, in the future, when you find someone who will take care of you, you must let her finish all the above."

It was densely written on Xia Yuge's sickness, daily diet, clothing and materials, etc., which were carefully paid attention to, down to the details of how much sugar to add to the breakfast cake.

Xia Jingyou watched, his eyes changing violently.

The greatest loyalty, the deepest love, is like a poisonous poison that grows deeper with time.

On the Golden Feather Stage, the emperor in black robes watched the guard of honor go away, and heaved a sigh of relief.

The struggle has only just begun.

Xiao Ling walked behind him and lowered her voice: "Your Majesty, although the son of Yao Hua is said to be His Majesty's former servant, he is currently the brother-in-law of the Third Highness, and the relationship is closer. Can this be done?"

Xia Ziling looked to the northwest, clenched his fist, and a smile appeared on the corner of his lips: "For some people, giving a marriage may not be a great thing, especially Yaohua."

Closing his eyes, the tall, handsome and dignified man who assisted him during the Six Kings Rebellion appeared in front of his eyes, with a heroic face flushed from drinking, he told Xia Ziling shyly the boudoir name of the girl he liked .

A sense of fulfillment quickly filled his chest, and when he was hesitating, he thought of another person, so he ordered: "Follow Mu Li closely these days, don't act rashly, and bring him to the Palace of Qinzheng if you have a chance."

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